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  • Published: 26th January 2026
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Resisting the Rule of the Rich Report

The rapid growth of billionaire wealth across the last year is shaping our world in ways that impact everyone. As economic inequality deepens and poverty eradication efforts stagnate, the super-rich are using their wealth to influence politics, media and the law more brazenly than ever before. Oxfam's Inequality Report – released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026 – explores how concentrated wealth threatens the rights and freedoms of people around the world – and what must be done to tackle it.