The 2020s have been “a good decade for billionaires”, according to Oxfam’s annual report on global wealth inequality. As the Oxfam report makes clear, the billionaires aren’t content simply ruling over the economy—they almost completely control our political systems as well. Oxfam and most other critics of wealth inequality, including the Greens, attribute the problem to specific government policies. Under capitalism, inequality is baked in. Nothing short of ending capitalism will ever end the blight of inequality and poverty.

Source: Forbes February 07, 2026 16:02 UTC