Hamdi Abdel Aziz
- The world is witnessing the first trillionaire in one decade and the elimination of poverty will take more than two centuries
- 3,000 billionaires in the world in 2025 with a wealth of 16.1 trillion dollars, according to “Forbes”
- Economists confirm that economic inequality stimulates productivity as long as there are job opportunities
- Global Report: More than 2.8 billion people – a third of the world’s population – live under poverty
- “No one left behind the knees,” which was set by the sustainable development goals by 2030
- World Social Development Summit, Doha, November 2025, a platform to address this challenge
The differences between the poor and the rich in the world have expanded since the Korona and the wars and tensions that followed it. Oxfam expects that the world will witness the first trillionaire in only one decade, while the elimination of poverty will take more than two centuries. The year 2025 witnessed an increase in the number of billionaires around the world, as they exceeded 3,000 billionaires with a total wealth of 16.1 trillion dollars, according to Forbes.
According to “Forbes”, nearly a third of the billionaires this year are from the United States, which set a record number of 902 billionaires, with a total wealth of $ 6.8 trillion. China maintained the second place globally, with 450 billionaires with a wealth of $ 1.7 trillion. As for India, the most populated country in the world, it ranked third with 205 billionaires, with a wealth of 941 billion dollars.
Great gains .. greater anxiety
Some economists believe that economic inequality stimulates productivity as long as there are job opportunities, where some people can stimulate the poor or the least rich in diligence in the hope of achieving a greater return or increasing its richness, but many people around the world are still on the brink of poverty despite the great gains achieved in this field, while about 60% of people feel concerned about the loss of their jobs, according to a report issued by the United Nations warning of a social crisis Agree due to economic insecurity, amazing levels of disparity, and the decline in social trust.
The “Global Social Report” issued by the United Nations Committee for Economic and Social Affairs 2025 calls for immediate and decisive measures to address these disturbing trends. He said that more than 2.8 billion people – more than a third of the world’s population – live under poverty and their income ranges between 2.15 and 6.85 dollars a day. Any slight setback can push people to extreme poverty.
The instability of employment is widely exacerbated by economic uncertainty, as about 60% of people worldwide feel anxious about losing their jobs and their inability to find new jobs. Meanwhile, 65 % of the world’s population lives in countries that are experiencing an increase in income varying.
The expansion of the economic gap not only affects stability, but also the economic growth, as the hyperactivity of the social air affects the will of individuals and their willingness to risk, and whoever suffers from poverty compared to others will not have financial capabilities and will not have the courage to start a commercial project. And when the physical goods are concentrated in the hands of a few people, the total consumption also decreases, and it is also the first economically that the funds enter the trading department instead of remaining parked in a retired rich account.
Without taking urgent action, the goal of “not leaving one behind the knees” – which was set by sustainable development goals – will remain far -reaching by 2030 unless progress is accelerated.
Why do the rich people increase?!
This question must be the economic thinker and American businessman “Robert Keusaki” in his book “Why is the rich get rich”, as it draws attention to a very simple fact that many people often ignore: the money can create more money .. Whoever has a surplus of money from what is required to meet his needs can invest that money to grow. The big, the greater the expected return, so the poorest layers, for example, suffer from paying taxes, while the rich recruit accountants and legal experts in order to ensure that the minimum tax is paid so that they ensure the continued growth of their wealth.
Keusaki notes that in the United States, for example, and within years, the wealth of the 5% continued to grow, while the true value of savings and investments of the rest of the Americans decreased. The presence of some “self -made” models such as “Bill Gates” does not prove the possibility of free movement between the layers, but it is the necessary exception of the base. Financial education is the solution
In his book, Kyusaki considers that the only solution to confront this phenomenon- far from the solutions that governments possess and do not control people- is investing in “financial education”.
And “financial education” is that the person be able to capture investment opportunities and make a decision on taxes and direct the surplus of his money effectively so that it leads to continuous growth in wealth, perhaps this leads to jumping towards the circle of the rich even after a while. It is simply that “if you do not have money, you should learn how to get it,” says Kyusaki in his book.
It should be noted that the Second World Summit for Social Development will be held in the Qatari capital, Doha, from 4-6 November, and will provide a decisive platform for governments to evaluate the progress made and take concrete measures to address critical social challenges, and from which the poverty circles in the world expand.
