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Video | Income & Inequality

Dead Wrong: Oxfam Gets it Wrong Again

Once again, Oxfam reports that inequality is increasing. Last year, the rich got richer, but the poorest half of the world got 11 percent poorer. Not for the first time, Oxfam is Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Jun 19, 2019

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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