Sentences with phrase «concentrations of wealth from»

As with income, these data show a long historical decline in the concentration of wealth from the late 1920s into the late 1970s.

Not exact matches

The task of rhetoric is to divert attention from the fact that the financial sector aims not to «free» markets, but to place control in the hands of financial managers — whose logic is to subject economies to austerity and even depression, sell off public land and enterprises, suffer emigration and reduce living standards in the face of a sharply increasing concentration of wealth at the top of the economic pyramid.

Corruption followed from the concentration of wealth and exacerbated problems that were built into the system itself.

There has been a large increase in wealth concentration at the top: the share of wealth owned by the 0.1 % richest families has increased from 7 % in 1978 to 22 % in 2012 (Source).

Drawing on his experience as a health psychologist and using a wealth of cultural, historical and literary references that range from the Buddha, to Nazi concentration camps, to Dorothy in the land of Oz, he leads us to examine ourselves.

Mega-galleries such as Hauser & Wirth have benefitted disproportionately from the growing concentration of wealth in the hands of a small sector of the global elite, giving them the resources to take on many of the functions that were previously the domain of curators, academics, and museums.

Wealth builds from the concentration of capital and enterprise.

The historical concentration of industry and wealth in developed countries means that they are responsible for 79 percent of the emissions from 1850 to 2011

Presumably, the CO2 enriched atmosphere was also a factor and as the CO2 emissions from burning carbon laid down in the distant past increases (as it inevitably will) and the temperature sensitivity of the atmosphere to increased concentrations decreases (it's probably quite low now anyway), the biosphere will thrive while the human population stabilizes due to increased wealth and education.

Singapore has a high concentration of private wealth management firms and is trying to attract more managed capital, including both retail and institutional investors, from throughout the region, he says.