‘Top 1% Own 43.8%: Oxfam’s Is the Latest of Global Reports That Link Inequality to Political Power Asymmetry’: Rise in authoritarianism globally, the Oxfam report notes, is tied directly to deepening income inequality. As the rich are getting richer, they’re also getting more politically powerful. Also: ‘“Tax Us. Tax the Super Rich,” Say Nearly 400 Millionaires and Billionaires’.