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Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025 (www.theguardian.com)

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The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.

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[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago

feel like i see this headline every year

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Thieves

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

Headline misspelled "stole"

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This doesn't stop without specific intervention.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 7 points 5 days ago

Awesome, more trickle down for the rest of us, right. Right?

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I hope people are getting hungry…in GTA