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The world's richest people are giving away more than ever before, according to a new survey that finds the world's richest people are giving away twice as much as it was in the early 20th century.
The Giving Pledge, a survey of the world's richest people published in the January/February issue of Vanity Fair, found that for the first time, more than half of the world's richest people are giving away more than they were in the early 20th century.
The survey, which looked at the giving of the world's richest people from 1901 to 2016, also found that the world's richest people are giving away twice as much as it was in the early 20th centuryand that the world's richest people are giving away twice as much as they were in the early 20th century.
The survey, which looked at the giving of the world's richest people from 1901 to 2016, also found that the world's richest people are giving away twice as much as they were in the early 20th centuryand that the world's richest people are giving away twice as much as they were in the early 20th century.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Stanford political scientist Rob Reich, author of the book Just Giving
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