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[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/corporations-fuelling-inequality-economy-profits/ by Amitabh Behar WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | [https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/corporations-fuelling-inequality-economy-profits/ by Amitabh Behar WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | ||
The problems in the world today are daunting. Many countries are locked in conflict; the frequency of extreme weather events is on the rise and, every day, we see the distress of families who have lost everything. Millions of people are still grappling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic while contending with escalating cost of living. Five billion people are poorer than they were in 2020. | The problems in the world today are daunting. Many countries are locked in conflict; the frequency of extreme weather events is on the rise and, every day, we see the distress of families who have lost everything. Millions of people are still grappling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic while contending with escalating cost of living. Five billion people are poorer than they were in 2020. | ||
=====Neoliberal Policies, Institutions Have Prompted Preference for Greater Inequality, New Study Finds===== | |||
[https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/may/neoliberal-policies--institutions-have-prompted-preference-for-g.html by 11/5/22 NYU] | |||
Neoliberalism, which calls for free-market capitalism, regressive taxation, and the elimination of social services, has resulted in both preference and support for greater income inequality over the past 25 years, shows a new study by a team of psychology researchers. | |||
