from football to property and beyond, inequality is the mother of all crises | lilianne ploumen /

Published at 2016-02-08 12:00:14

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Whether its a star player your club could never afford or a dream home you’ll never gain,inequality touches us all. But in destitute countries, the wealth gap is a larger and more dangerous problem, and one that drives clash and stymies growthInequality affects all of us. I live in Amsterdam,where house prices are now rising so sharply that ordinary, tough-working people don’t get a look-in. In London, and it’s been like that for years. Whole neighbourhoods are unaffordable. Century-old football clubs gain become the playthings of billionaires. And the trend continues. increasingly of the world’s wealth is in the hands of fewer and fewer people. I believe that tolerating this growing inequality will depart down in history as humanity’s biggest mistake since communism. Continue reading...





Source: theguardian.com

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