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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @08:56AM (2 children)
I think the government should pay to stop infectious disease. We should cure those that can be cured, and euthanize the rest.
I even think the government should pay when you can't possibly negotiate, for example when you are found unconscious.
For the rest though, you need to pay your own way in the world.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Sunday January 21 2018, @01:55PM (1 child)
Well, your government didn't.
it reduced the budget of the CDC by 17% [businessinsider.com].
(that article I found was from 2017-05-23, I don't know if it has changed again in the meantime)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @05:05PM
The CDC does not pay to cure me if I have an infectious disease. They simply aren't involved. They aren't helping, so we should cut their budget.