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Donald Trump and Angela Merkel will join 2,500 world leaders, business executives and charity bosses at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland which kicks off on 23 January. High on the agenda once again will be the topic of inequality, and how to reduce the widening gap between the rich and the rest around the world.
The WEF recently warned that the global economy is at risk of another crisis, and that automation and digitalisation are likely to suppress employment and wages for most while boosting wealth at the very top.
But what ideas should the great and good gathered in the Swiss Alps be putting into action? We'd like to know what single step you think governments should prioritise in order to best address the problem of rising inequality. Below we've outlined seven proposals that are most often championed as necessary to tackle the issue – but which of them is most important to you?
- Provide free and high quality education
- Raise the minimum wage
- Raise taxes on the rich
- Fight corruption
- Provide more social protection for the poor
- Stop the influence of the rich on politicians
- Provide jobs for the unemployed
Do you think these ideas are enough, or are there any better ideas to close this wealth gap ? You too can participate and vote for the idea that, you think, works best.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by crafoo on Sunday January 21 2018, @12:24AM (2 children)
As the population increases the value of a single human life decreases. Impoverished people breeding more of the same exponentially faster than new resources can be exploited to feed and house the new mouths.. and what do you expect? And why would you expect a "wealth gap" not to expand?
Control the population. Do this or prepare for the worst.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 21 2018, @03:02AM (1 child)
Not sure why you were modded down for this. It's completely correct, so long as you mean it in the "everyone gets comprehensive sex ed and free contraception" way and not "anyone making below $XXX a year gets burned alive and turned into fertilizer" way.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday January 21 2018, @03:59AM
Because the best way to prevent population growth is to increase the standard of life.
Once over the survival level, the people learn to appreciate life well enough to start thinking twice about sacrificing their time on this world incessantly creating kids. Look at the population evolution in OECD countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford