69 of top 100 economic units are firms, not nations
According to a study released by Global Justice Now on Monday, 69 of the world’s top 100 economic entities in 2015 were corporations rather than countries, against 63 corporations in the previous year. When looking at the top 200 economic entities, 153 were corporations. Notably, Walmart, Apple, and Shell are richer than Russia, Belgium, and Sweden, the report added.