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Briefing paper

Inequality Kills: The unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19

17/01/2022

8 documents

60 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The wealth of the world’s 10 richest men has doubled since the pandemic began. The incomes of 99% of humanity are worse off because of COVID-19. Widening economic, gender, and racial inequalities—as well as the inequality that exists between countries—are tearing our world apart. This is not by chance, but choice: “economic violence” is perpetrated […]

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Briefing note

Responding with Equality: The case for combating extreme inequality to tackle crises, strengthen democracy and foster a fairer future in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

20/12/2021

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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For decades, our flawed economic and governance systems have allowed inequality and social exclusion to grow to extreme and dangerous levels, and now coronavirus has driven an even greater wedge between the haves and have nots. Without immediate action, the pandemic could cause the biggest spike in inequality ever seen, and further destabilize the democratic […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy for the 99%: It’s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few

16/01/2017

11 documents

48 pages long

Languages: Chinese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits the richest, the rest of society – especially the poorest – suffers. The very design of our economies and the principles of our economics have taken us to this extreme, unsustainable and unjust point. […]

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Inequality Kills: The unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19

Responding with Equality: The case for combating extreme inequality to tackle crises, strengthen democracy and foster a fairer future in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

An Economy for the 99%: It’s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few