WHAT a damning commentary on the international community, governments and businesses that the gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men today owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people.
That’s according to anti-poverty organisation, Oxfam which released its findings last week at the dawn of the annual gathering of the global political and business elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.
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