Facts Concerning Inequality
Inequality can be used and perceived in many ways. Here you'll be given the facts concerning inequality on a large world scale. And reasons others aren't tolerant of one another.
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Top Inequality Issues
- Wage Inequality
- CEO Pay
- Homelessness
- Education Wage Premium
- Gender Pay Gaps
- Occupational Sex Segregation
Extreme Global Inequality Facts
- Seven out of 10 people live in a country that has seen a rise in inequality in the last 30 years. The richest are accumulating wealth at such an astonishing rate that the world could see its first trillionaire in just 25 years. So, you would need to spend $1 million every day for 2738 years to spend $1 trillion.
- Just eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity. Although some of them have earned their fortune through talent or hard work, over half the world’s billionaires either inherited their wealth or accumulated it through industries prone to corruption and cronyism.
- Seven out of 10 people live in a country that has seen a rise in inequality in the last 30 years.
- The richest are accumulating wealth at such an astonishing rate that the world could see its first trillionaire in just 25 years. So, you would need to spend $1 million every day for 2738 years to spend $1 trillion.