新奇事件簿 八位富豪拥有全球一半财富
The world's eight richest men have as much money as half the world. A new report from the charity Oxfam said eight billionaires are as rich as the 3.6 billion poorest people in the world. Six of the world's richest people are from the USA. The richest is Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is worth $75 billion. Amazon and Facebook founders Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg both have wealth estimated to be around $45 billion. Oxfam's report is called 'An Economy for the 99 Per Cent'. Oxfam said: "It shows that the gap between rich and poor is far greater than had been feared." It added that businesses and the "super-rich" are creating greater income inequality by avoiding tax and paying low wages.
世界八位顶级富豪的钱财相当于半个地球。来自慈善机构乐施会的一份最新报告称，八位亿万富豪拥有相当于全世界36亿穷人的财富。其中六位世界最富有的人来自美国。最富有的是微软创始人比尔·盖茨，身家750亿美元。亚马逊和脸书创始人杰夫·贝佐斯和马克·扎克伯格的财富为450亿美元左右。乐施会这份报告名为“99%的经济”。乐施会表示：“这份报告表明，富人和穷人之间的差距比此前认为的还要大。”他们补充说，企业和“超级富豪”通过逃税和低薪资导致越来越严重的收入不均。
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said: "It is obscene for so much wealth to be held in the hands of so few when 1 in 10 people survive on less than $2 a day. Inequality is trapping hundreds of millions in poverty." She added that: "Across the world, people are being left behind. Their wages are not going up yet corporate bosses take home million-dollar bonuses." She said governments only care about big business and a "wealthy elite". Economist Mark Littlewood attacked the report as being unfair. He said: "As an 'anti-poverty' charity, Oxfam seems to be strangely obsessed with the rich." He said Oxfam should focus on ways to boost growth instead of complaining about the rich.
国际乐施会执行董事拜安伊玛(Winnie Byanyima)表示：“如此多的财富集中在如此少数人的手中，这是非常令人发指的，而世界上10%的人每天的生存成本不足2美元。不平等导致数亿人生活在贫困状态。”她补充说：“在全世界，许多人严重落后。他们的薪资没有增长，而企业老板的红利多达数百万美元。”她表示，政府只关心大企业和“有钱的精英”。经济学家Mark Littlewood抨击这份报告是不公平的。他说：“作为一个消除贫困的慈善机构，乐施会一门心思地仇富。”他表示，乐施会应该努力想办法促进人们收入增加，而不是抱怨富人。
