economy
January 19, 2026
NEVEROVATAN SKOK BOGATSTVA DOLARSKIH MILIJARDERA U 2025. GODINI! Ima ih nešto više od 3.000, a evo ko prednjači na listi
Rast bogatstva milijardera za 2,5 biliona dolara je skoro jednak ukupnom bogatstvu 4,1 milijarde najsiromašnijih ljudi sveta.

TL;DR
- Billionaire wealth grew by 16% to $18.3 trillion, three times the average over the last five years.
- The increase in billionaire wealth ($2.5 trillion) is almost equal to the total wealth of the 4.1 billion poorest people.
- Billionaires' asset values have grown by 81% since 2020.
- Billionaires are accused of gaining political power to influence economic and social rules, impacting the rights and freedoms of the majority.
- The likelihood of a billionaire holding political office is 4,000 times greater than that of an ordinary person.
- The wealthiest individuals own over half of the world's largest media companies.
- For the first time, the number of billionaires exceeded 3,000 last year, with Elon Musk becoming the first person with over $500 billion in assets.
- Poverty is rising again in Africa, and the reduction of extreme poverty has stalled at 2019 levels.
- Globally, one in four people regularly skip meals, and budget cuts for aid could lead to over 14 million additional deaths by 2030.
- Civil liberties and political rights have been declining globally for nineteen consecutive years.
- Democracy is seven times more likely to fall in countries with high inequality.
- Oxfam calls for governments to implement plans to reduce inequality, tax the super-rich, separate wealth from politics, protect civil liberties, and limit the influence of the wealthy on media and political campaigns.
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