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The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew at roughly $5.7 billion (€5.5 billion) per day last year, according to Oxfam’s annual report on the financial affairs of the richest people on earth.

This growth is three times faster than the previous year, with an average of almost four new billionaires created every week. This is according to Oxfam’s recent “Takers not Makers” report.