In the past couple of years alone the top one percent bagged two thirds of the wealth output of the economy [1]. Am I the only one who is sick to hear that apparently the aging population is the...
In the past couple of years alone the top one percent bagged two thirds of the wealth output of the economy [1].
Am I the only one who is sick to hear that apparently the aging population is the problem, and the only solutions are that we all need to have more kids and our pension age needs to be increased further? Couldn‘t we instead just distribute the wealth properly and all start to work less, have less kids, enjoy ourselves, help the community with voluntary work and have a reasonably wealthy society across the globe or at least across the western world? — a society that is not based on constant economical growth at the cost of the well being of our planet and not the least our mental health. It‘s always the general population who has to safe society while the top of the top is scooping all the profits off while it‘s running well. Bailing out banks is a very similar thing, nearly a metaphor for the whole issue.
Is there a problem in my thinking, i.e. wouldn‘t it just work out for everyone if we would distribute the wealth through increased productivity fairly across the population?
For me it basically always comes back to this, but I‘m not sure if I have an error in my logic here. I don‘t want to provoke a political argument, more like an economical discussion about this matter.
In the past couple of years alone the top one percent bagged two thirds of the wealth output of the economy [1].
For me it basically always comes back to this, but I‘m not sure if I have an error in my logic here. I don‘t want to provoke a political argument, more like an economical discussion about this matter.
[1] https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years