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Can we fight poverty by ending extreme wealth?

Does the richness of the few benefit us all? Zygmunt Bauman investigates. From Too Much, to end extreme poverty, end extreme wealth. Economic recovery from below: Barry Finger on insufficiency of "taxing the rich". Can we fight poverty by ending extreme wealth? Olga Khazan wonders. Oxfam says the world's 100 richest people earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty four times over. Bill Gates on his plan to fix the world's biggest problems: From the fight against polio to fixing education, what's missing is often good measurement and a commitment to follow the data — we can do better. Patrick Meier on Big Data for development: From information to knowledge societies? Management consultants can save the world: Inventory controls, workplace efficiency, and more paperwork help countries and businesses more than you can imagine.