Civil law provides for the possibility of emancipation, in which a minor who has reached the age of 16 may be declared competent if he is working under a labour agreement, to include under a contract or with the consent of his parents, adoptive parents or guardian, or is engaged in entrepreneurial activity.

However, 1 of GDP is still not a very big number, and the Gates Foundation, with about 60 billion after Buffett s bequest, now accounts for a substantial share of the total.