Public opinion is tempted to lump billionaires, millionaires and property owners of lesser ilk in the same basket. velishchuk – stock.adobe.com
CHRONICLE – France ranks 25th in the world for the density of billionaires (their number in relation to the population of the country), the prize going to Singapore and Switzerland.
Everything is good to stir up the passion of the French towards the rich. Sad passion, as the other would say, because it is made of envy, even hatred, in the mouth of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who feasts on it. Each month its news. In February, it is the annual results of CAC 40 companies that feed the soap opera. And their superprofits constitute real tantalum torture, because 60% of them are made abroad and therefore not taxable here.
Next March will come the ritual ranking of billionaires (in dollars) drawn up each year by the American magazine Forbes, who treats them like true demigods. Some 43 French people belong to this planetary elite, which had 2,668 members in March 2022. France ranks 25e world rank by the density of billionaires (their number in relation to the population of the country), the prize going to Singapore and Switzerland. The 2023 vintage of the ultra-rich and the evolution of their jackpot will be scrutinized…
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