The power divide: Oxfam warns that billionaires are 4,000 times more likely than ordinary citizens to hold public office, threatening democratic systems.

According to Oxfam International’s “Resisting the Rule of the Rich: Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power” report this week, a billionaire boom has coincided with the rise of the richest exerting political influence, with billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold office than less wealthy people globally.  Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Oxfam Interim Executive Director, Pooven Moodley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.