are you angry Politically radical? No? Neither were others before. However, one magic word is enough and you can become one very quickly: Superyacht.Last week the news circulated that leisure boats, despite their catastrophic CO₂ balance sheet, were still not part of the extended EU emissions trading system - which even the "Tagesschau" reported with the sentence "super yachts remain duty-free". Less reputable sites pointed out: "Toys of the super-rich exempt from planned climate taxes".That's where the fun stops. "A...
Oxfam says the rich will only get richer during the crisis. For every $1 per capita in wealth gained in the poorer 90 percent of the world's population, a billionaire gained an average of $1.7 million.Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the richest one percent of the world's population has accounted for around two-thirds of global wealth growth. This emerges from the study "Survival of the Richest" (Survival of the Richest), which the emergency aid and development organization Oxfam...
Death is kind of stupid, no question. On the other hand, as one of the richest people in the world, he can do nothing. Otherwise the Frenchman Bernard Arnault would probably continue to collect luxury stamps forever, like other stamps or interesting experiences. In the case of Arnault, son of a building contractor from the not-so-pretty Roubaix in northern France, a lot has accumulated in the meantime. It all started on a grand scale with Louis Vuitton bags and suitcases...
According to Pope Francis, Christmas is not Christmas without caring for the poor. In his sermon, he castigates the wars in the world, but does not directly mention the situation in Ukraine. After a year marked by the bloody conflict in Ukraine, Pope Francis castigated the wars and conflicts in the world on Christmas Eve. "People hungry for power and money even consume their neighbors in the world, their brothers and sisters. How many wars are there! And in how...
Status: 12/24/2022 5:56 p.m When it comes to ethically sustainable investing, the churches in Germany see themselves as pioneers. However, they sometimes distance themselves from their own selection criteria for securities - and hesitate when it comes to transparency. When Heinz Thomas Striegler holds the roughly 70-page booklet in his hand, one gets the impression that he is a bit proud. He helped develop the "Guidelines for Ethically-Sustainable Investments in the Protestant Church". The first edition came out in 2011,...
Last week the world faltered for a moment. At least for Elon Musk's loyal followers. After all, she and he were - at least for a while - used to their idol being the richest person in the world. For 14 months was the top performer on the Forbes list. That ended last Wednesday, when French luxury brand owner Bernard Arnault overtook Musk. His empire includes Louis Vuitton (handbags), Moët & Chandon (champagne) and Hennessy (cognac).For a few hours he...
Status: 06.12.2022 1:18 p.m It is controversial whether very wealthy people should be taxed more heavily in Germany. According to a survey by the Munich ifo Institute, the majority of economists are in favor of a tax increase for top earners. The majority of economists in Germany are in favor of a higher tax rate for very high incomes. Around 56 percent welcome an increase in the tax on the wealthy on annual incomes of 278,000 euros or more. This...
The new poverty report clearly shows how differently the need is distributed in the districts. Social officer Schiwy doubts that the new citizen's income will do justice to the higher costs in a metropolitan area.Around one in six Munich residents lives below the poverty line. The number of people affected by income poverty in the state capital has hardly changed, as can be seen from the new poverty report that social affairs officer Dorothee Schiwy (SPD) will present to the...
For more than 100 years, the privileges of the German aristocracy have been history. Despite this, the families still appear in lists of the rich. How can that be? source site
According to everything we know today, the first list of the richest Germans is based on a data protection violation. The offense was committed in 1912 by the lawyer Rudolf Martin. As a former civil servant in the German Empire, Martin had access to the private tax returns of the rich - an excellent and perhaps the only source of information on the financial situation of millionaires in Prussia. Martin denied his offense anyway.If that magazine forbes or that manager...
