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on Saturday January 27 2018, @12:43PM
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
The 1% grabbed 82% of all wealth created in 2017
More than $8 of every $10 of wealth created last year went to the richest 1%.
That's according to a new report from Oxfam International, which estimates that the bottom 50% of the world's population saw no increase in wealth.
Oxfam says the trend shows that the global economy is skewed in favor of the rich, rewarding wealth instead of work.
"The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system," said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International.
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Only 1% of World's Population Grabbed 82% of all 2017 Wealth
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The button at the top of a baseball cap.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @12:45AM
Among the folks here, I'm closest to the mark.
I don't think that USAians will be ready for full-on revolution until a significant number of them get a taste of collective ownership via Democracy in the workplace.[1] [democracyatwork.info]
I advocate for Socialist worker-owned cooperatives, consumer co-ops, and credit unions to get that awareness going.
[1] Smaller downloads here; descriptions are typically better at the link above [kpfa.org]
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advocating the US go full communist
That would be the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. [google.com]
Pacifica Radio presenter Michael Slate is a member.
He gets 1 hour a week on air. Webcasts archived [kpfk.org]
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