Mark Bou Mansour ■ Infographic: The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure

Infographic: The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure

Mark Bou Mansour

Published:

19 August 2024

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Wealth tax ↘ Inequality and human rights ↘ Solutions and reform ↘

Our 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.

The author

Mark Bou Mansour

Mark Bou Mansour leads the Tax Justice Network’s communications and campaigns. He has over a decade of communications experience in the NGO sector, spanning from tax justice to early education, humanitarian aid and sexual health rights.

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