World Inequality Lab report proposes wealth taxes and bold policies to tackle climate and inequality crises
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Jonathan Watts
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Summary
The World Inequality Lab (WIL) has released a comprehensive report outlining a vision for planetary survival that argues humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality, and keep global heating within a 2°C rise. The report proposes bold policy measures including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires to address the polycrisis of climate breakdown, political extremism, and economic tensions.
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Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating within a 2C rise
The most comprehensive attempt yet to navigate the polycrisis that is pushing the world toward climate breakdown, political extremism and ever greater economic and social tension
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