Ending Poverty in the Age of Inequality
Millions of people on both sides of the political spectrum now feel the game is rigged against them, that the ‘system’ is specifically designed to increase wealth for the rich.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- Ending Poverty in the Age of Inequality – Causes, solutions, wealth & social dislocation.
- Why must we reinvent capitalism so that everyone benefits?
- Why are huge increases in wealth at the heart of capitalism so problematic?
- How are the eight richest billionaires now wealthier than the poorest half of the world’s population?
- Why do 8.5 per cent of the global population (690 million people) live in extreme poverty?
- Why must we look at the causes of and potential solutions for the majority of the world’s population living in poverty and social dislocation?
- Why does the number of people in marginal or precarious employment increase as the rich get richer?
- Why we must consider virtuous circles of well-paid employees that stimulate consumption, enabling factories to employ more people (consumers) and increase production?
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Poverty is related to the historic and ongoing construction of a globalized world order in which wages and incomes are kept low by employers who seek the cheapest employees.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- Why do modern capitalists concentrate on strategies that enrich themselves and their shareholders, to the detriment of a wider society?
- Why do a small elite reap the rewards of our economic systems, while the majority descends into poverty, uncertainty and dependency?
- What is the impact of industries always trying to acquire raw materials from the countries that supply them at the lowest cost?
- While profits and earnings have risen for investors and workers in the top half of the income scale, how have real wages for workers in the bottom half changed over the last 30 years?
- How different — or even better — would the world be today if all human beings were allowed to flourish, both individually and collectively?
- Why are things going downhill for those with less riches, particularly the middle class, left footing the bill for the financial crisis?
Change is needed from the bottom-up, and it starts with a push for fair wages, a fair price for commodities such as agricultural goods, and a fair distribution of income and wealth.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- How has societal inequality increased globally over the last decade?
- Why are more and more young adults across the world choosing to stay with their parents longer?
- Why are some US baby boomers delaying their retirement to support their adult children?
- How could citizens revolt if they feel the game is rigged against them, with many gravitating towards strongmen for security?
- What is the lack of symmetry between risk and reward that leads to moral decay and devastating financial consequences?
- Why is the current West-dominated monetary and financial system due for a massive overhaul?
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