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Wealth of world’s billionaires rose $5 trillion amid pandemic, Forbes list finds

Tuesday, April 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Despite a global pandemic and economic downturn, the total wealth of the world's richest has increased by more than $5 trillion over the past year, according to data compiled by Forbes for its annual billionaires list. Forbes' 35th annual billionaires list, released... Read More.

Wealth of world’s billionaires rose $5 trillion amid pandemic, ‘Forbes’ list finds

Tuesday, April 6 by ABC News

By Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Despite a global pandemic and economic downturn, the total wealth of the world's richest has increased by more than $5 trillion over the past year, according to data compiled by Forbes for its... Read More.

Infuriated by Dems dropping minimum wage hike, progressives say ‘time for wealth tax’

Tuesday, March 2 by ABC News

BY: TRISH TURNER, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Democrats in the Senate were forced to abandon plans to increase the federal minimum wage in the face of concerns among their own ranks, united Republican opposition and because of a fast-approaching deadline cutting off time... Read More.

Black business owners must overcome obstacles to have a chance at building wealth

Monday, March 1 by ABC News

BY: DEBORAH KIM, EMILY TAGUCHI AND ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Josephine Bolling McCall was only 5 years old when her father was killed in 1947 in a brutal lynching on the side of the historic U.S. Route 80 in Lowndes... Read More.

JPMorgan Chase commits $30 billion to tackle racial wealth gap

Friday, October 9 by ABC News

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- JPMorgan Chase pledged $30 billion to help ameliorate the racial wealth gap in the U.S. and "reduce systemic racism against Black and Latinx people," the firm announced in a statement Thursday.The... Read More.

The wealth of billionaires hit a new record high of $10.2 trillion as pandemic raged

Wednesday, October 7 by ABC News

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The wealth of the world's billionaires soared to a record new high of $10.2 trillion at the end of July as the coronavirus pandemic raged, according to a new report published Wednesday from... Read More.

‘Extreme inequality was the preexisting condition’: How COVID-19 widened America’s wealth gap

Monday, June 29 by ABC News

By: CATHERINE THORBECKE and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated income inequality, experts say, stretching the racial wealth gap in the United States and making the richest wealthier while leaving many of the poorest... Read More.

Stories tagged with: wealth

Infuriated by Dems dropping minimum wage hike, progressives say ‘time for wealth tax’

Black business owners must overcome obstacles to have a chance at building wealth

JPMorgan Chase commits $30 billion to tackle racial wealth gap

The wealth of billionaires hit a new record high of $10.2 trillion as pandemic raged

‘Extreme inequality was the preexisting condition’: How COVID-19 widened America’s wealth gap

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