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Wealth inequality stands at its highest since the turn of the 20th century - the so-called 'Gilded Age' - as the proportion of capital held by the world's 1,542 dollar billionaires swells yet higher. The report, undertaken by Swiss banking giant UBS and UK accounting company PwC, discusses the roles technology and globalization play in the status quo, and appears two weeks after the IMF recommended that the rich should pay more tax to address the enormous disparity.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 29 2017, @04:52PM (2 children)
do you always look backwards at things? billionaires don't ever work BECAUSE there are thousands of people working FOR them it is a social issue because this work is done under certain social rules. bonus points if you can tell who makes the rules?
(Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 29 2017, @05:15PM (1 child)
And you know this, how? Hung out with many? Even met one? Oh, I see, you were just shit talking because you're jealous they have more than you.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @03:31PM
Throw yourself into a fire you giant turd.