global inequality distribution of wealth in the 21 st century
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Global Inequality
Distribution of Wealth in the 21st Century
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What does economic inequality look like?
Global Economic Distribution in a Snapshot:
Of the 7 billion people on the planet…
1.5 billion people live on just over a dollar a day
Over 80 % lives on less than 10 US$/day
Over 50 % lives on less than 2 US$/day
Over 20 % lives on less than 1.25 US$/day
UNDP
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What does economic inequality look like?
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Economic Inequality – How it happened
WEALTH = Real Property + Assets – Debts
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Economic Inequality – What the research says
“Despite our current global economic hard times the world has more than enough
wealth to ensure every adult on it a significant personal net-worth nest egg.”
--Credit Suisse Bank, 2010
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Economic Inequality – Who holds the resources?
At the top of the pyramid are:
1,000 billionaires globally, of which-245 are in Asia Pacific-230 in Europe -500 in North America
80,000 ultra-high-net-worth individuals with average wealth above $50 million
Millionaires hold over 40% of global wealth
-vs-7 BILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY
Credit Suisse Bank 2010
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Economic Inequality – What can we do?
TALK ABOUT IT:
Vatican Calls for Oversight of the World’s Finances
“The time has come to conceive of institutions with universal competence, now that vital goods shared by the entire human family are at stake, goods which the individual states cannot promote and protect by themselves.”
--Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice & Peace
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Economic Inequality – What can we do?
CREATE ALTERNATIVES:
Resilient/Transition Communities
TransitionNetwork.Com
The People-Centered Development
LivingEconomiesForum.org