Mark Bou Mansour ■ Infographic: The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure
Published:
19 August 2024Reading time:
< 1 minOur economies were designed to let people earn the wealth they need to lead secure and comfortable lives, but our tax rules make it easier for the superrich to collect wealth than for the rest of us to earn it. This has let the superrich collect extreme wealth to the point where our economies are becoming insecure, and it scarcely pays to earn a living.
Our infographic below explains how this has happened, how it impacts you and how our governments can straightforwardly implement wealth taxes to fix the problem.
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