About The Global Citizen Blog Post
TGCI's Global Citizen Blog offers insightful opinions on issues related to global citizenship and global collaboration. The blog provides a forum whereby a variety of people---ranging from well regarded experts to citizen activists will share their views and opinions. We welcome your comments and feedback on this series. Please send it to editor@gcitizen.org
Highlights from This Month's Post
This month, we share a report and an article that analyze the need for urgent action and policies to reduce the social inequalities that skyrocketed during the pandemic worldwide.
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Profiting From Pain
Inequality, already extreme before COVID-19, has now reached new levels. While billionaire wealth grew, millions of people worldwide faced a cost-of-living crisis. According to new Oxfam's report, governments urgently need to increase the taxation of wealth and corporate profits to reduce inequalities drastically.
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We Need More Equality to Go with Fairness
Eight of the world's richest men possess the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. Moreover, the 22 richest men have more wealth than all the women in Africa, notes Jonathan Power in We Need More Equality to Go with Fairness. So what do we need to halt the surge of inequality in the world?
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