Economic antrhopologist Jason Hickel on capitalism, climate breakdown and a future for all.
Link: Dissens podcast.
The Tax Justice Network´s monthly radio show: around 30 minutes of the latest global news, scandal and unique analysis on tax havens, financial secrecy and corruption you won´t hear anywhere else.
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.
Germany is one of the world’s richest countries, but inequality is on the rise. The wealthy are pulling ahead, while the poor are falling behind. For the middle classes, work is no longer a means of advancement. Instead, they are struggling to maintain their position and status. Young people today h...
In an interview with Tilo Jung, Grace Blakely makes clear that we should not see our economic and financial system as without alternatives: „Things can be different, if we organize, challenge the powerful – we don´t have to accept things the way they are”.
“Scroll right” - It's hard to grasp just how extreme wealth inequality is. This page (link below the image) proves the point. Crazy.