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| World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, 2011 |
By Nick Buxton, Transnational Institute, January 27, 2012
This
week as the world's elites met in the swiss skiing village of Davos,
Transational Institute's (TNI) Corporate Power project launched a series of
powerful infographics, to expose the Global 0.001%, the corporations they run
and the cost of corporate power.
The
infographics can be seen here: http://www.tni.org/report/state-corporate-power-2012
Some
of the most compelling stats that stand out from the infographics are:
•
8 of
the top 10 richest companies in the world are fossil fuel companies
•
1% of the
world's companies, almost all banks, control 40% of the shares of the world's
major corporations
•
0.15%
of the world's population control two-thirds of world GDP, and with their
assets could pay the costs of universal and primary school education for 190
year.
•
A tiny
percentage of the global population, 0.001%, control $15.4 trillion dollars
•
the
extensive corporate ties of those who have pushed forward the neoliberal
project
Over
the next few months, TNI will be producing a further series of infographics
looking more closely at issues of land, water, energy, trade and investment.
We
very much hope you will help build the growing global awareness on inequality
and corporate power by sharing these infographics with your own networks and friends.
I suggest some options for promotion below.
Thanks
for your support.
Nick
Buxton
PS.
Options for promoting the TNI infographics
•
Send
around an email to your lists or friends promoting the infographics among your networks.
•
If you
are on Facebook, go to our Facebook gallery and share with your friends
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If you
are on twitter, tweet about the infographics. You can retweet this: https://twitter.com/#!/transinstitute/status/162630624639860736
or any one of
the recent tweets on each infographic by TNI'
•
If you
have an email list or newsletter on different topics, put a link as a PS or as
"recommended"
•
If you
are reading a news article on a similar subject, consider adding a comment and
post a link through to the website
Thanks for any support you can give.
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