Davos Agenda 2022

Inequality has fuelled the pandemic. A windfall tax could help end it 

A banner protesting racial inequality is hung on a fence near a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing site in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado, U.S., June 20, 2020.

Health inequality means that 3.4 million black Americans would be alive today if their life expectancy was the same as their white counterparts Image: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Gabriela Bucher
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Fund for Global Human Rights
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A one-off 99% windfall tax on the COVID-19 wealth gains of just the world’s ten richest men alone could pay to make enough vaccines for the world
A one-off 99% windfall tax on the COVID-19 wealth gains of just the world’s ten richest men alone could pay to make enough vaccines for the world Image: Oxfam
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