In January 2026, as the World Economic Forum opened in Davos, a report by the charity Oxfam revealed that a fourth of the world's population was afflicted by hunger and nearly half lived in poverty. Meanwhile, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025 to $18.4 trillion -- its highest level in history. The world's 12 richest billionaires had more wealth than the poorest half of humanity (or more than four billion people) and lived in fantastic luxury and extravagance. Can this massive economic inequality possibly be justified?