The 3.5 billion poorest people who account for half the world’s population can barely scrape up enough money to match the 85 wealthiest, according to the international relief organization Oxfam. I await verification on this statistic but, if true, it really boggles my mind.
Oxfam teed this attention-getting shot up in prep for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. Let’s hope this convocation brings out the gnomes from Zurich who manage the gold from the hive of the weighty eighty-five. Perhaps a few coins might trickle out from the greedy to the needy.