Friday, November 30, 2012

Global Movement Needed to Change 'The Rules' of Inequality | Common Dreams

Global Movement Needed to Change 'The Rules' of Inequality | Common Dreams
"The rules as they stand today have created a world in which inequality is vast and growing. The world's 1,226 billionaires have more combined wealth than 3.5 billion people - half the entire planet's population. The richest 10 per cent of the world's population takes 90 per cent of the world's income. 
The scale of inequality and poverty can appear overwhelming and unchangeable. Yet it is not inevitable. It is the outcome of active choices by people who make and enforce the rules we all live by: rules about global trade, banking, loans, investment, taxes, working conditions, land, food, health and education. These rules are made by people and people can change them."