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With Inequality Rising, Does the World Really Need Billionaires?

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - As world leaders rub shoulders with billionaire executives at
   the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tens of thousands of
   people have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding
   action against growing inequality.

   The WEF, in the ski resort of Davos-Klosters, has been an annual event
   for the world's richest elite since its foundation in 1971. It has also
   become an anathema for those who claim global inequality is out of
   control. In cities around the world including Nairobi, Delhi, Manila
   and London, thousands of people joined street protests in the run up to
   the forum.

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