Wealth: Having It All and Wanting More
Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a few important economic sectors, including finance and insurance and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Read More
Working for the Few
Political capture and economic inequality Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population, and seven out of ten people live in countries where economic inequality has increased in the last 30 years. The World Economic Forum has…
The Cost of Inequality: How wealth and income extremes hurt us all
It is now widely accepted that rapidly growing extreme wealth and inequality are harmful tohuman progress and that something needs to be done. Already this year, the World EconomicForum‟s Global Risk Report rated inequality as one of the top global risks of 2013. Read More