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Wage Inequality – Work Hard, Pay Hard?
CEO versus average employee Top CEOs make more in two days than an average employee does in one year. This shocking fact is just an example of the insane income inequality the world is facing today. The gap between the chief executives and the average employees wasn’t always this big: in 1965, CEOs at the..... Read more
Income and Wealth Inequality in the UK
Asked about the income inequality in their country, over 80% of Britons said they feel like the gap between rich and poor is too great. This is not only an impression as it’s also proven by scientific research: according to data from the Office for National Statistics, the richest 1% of households in the UK..... Read more
The Wealth Gap in the United States
Income inequality is highly debated worldwide, but one of the countries that is most often analyzed and referred to when it comes to this topic is, of course, the U.S. That’s not only because the United States is one of the most powerful nations in the world, but also because the U.S. has the highest..... Read more
Top Countries with the Highest Economic Inequality in the World
It’s a widely known fact that inequality all around the world is bad. But an even bigger concern should be that numbers are rapidly getting worse and worse: In 2010, the 388 richest people in the world owned the same wealth as the poorest 50%. In 2016, the 8 (!) richest people owned the same..... Read more
The Devastating Effects of the Rising Trend in Income Inequality
The world as we know it today offers the rich people the means to become richer and limits the possibilities of others to rightfully access the wealth they created. Unfortunately, we have to admit that we live in a society where the more you have the more you are given. This increasing worldwide income inequality..... Read more