Jan 27: Infographics on elite power concentration
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.
