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Bookmark or Share- Wealth gap widens as pandemic deepens economic inequality | World ...The richest 10% of the world population owns 76% of the wealth, while the poorest half owns just a sliver, according to the World Inequality Lab. Global economic inequalities are now as extreme as they were at the peak of Western imperialism in the early 20th century, the Paris-based research group says in a report.
- Global income inequality: How big is gap between richest and poorest ...The report explores various options - mainly rooted in taxation policies - to tackle income & wealth inequality. The examples offer lessons from across the globe and throughout recent history, they explain, and conclude that "inequality is always political choice and learning from policies implemented in other countries or at other points of ...
- Corporations are fuelling inequality. Here's howDespite representing 21% of the world population, countries in the Global North own 69% of global wealth and are home to 74% of the world’s billionaires’ wealth. Globally, men own $105 trillion more wealth than women – the difference in wealth is equivalent to more than four times the size of the US economy.
- Global inequality is a failure of imagination. Here's whyGlobal inequality has gotten worse, with the richest 1% grabbing nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion of wealth newly-created since 2020. Inequality is destroying society and it is not inevitable; it is a choice that reveals us as lacking in both empathy and imagination.
- 3 key actions to help bridge the inequality gap - The World Economic ForumIn the Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report 2023, the UN Secretary-General noted that SDG10 – reducing inequality – is one of the worst performing SDGs. Action has never been more urgent on this goal, because during the COVID-19 pandemic and global inflation crisis, inequality of income, wealth and health outcomes has risen sharply.
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