Inequality of power, not wealth, is the fundamental problem facing society
By
Richard Murphy
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
The author reflects on years of studying wealth and inequality, concluding that wealth itself is not the fundamental problem—rather, it is the inequality of power that wealth creates and perpetuates. The article argues that wealth is merely a ledger entry, a measure constructed by economic hierarchies, and that the real issue lies in how wealth translates into disproportionate power, enabling the wealthy to shape systems in their favor while denying resources to those in need.
Key quotes
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The toxic consequences of the denial of resources to those who need them... many of those with wealth deliberately promote, claiming that this is the natural consequence of people's relative worth.
The measure of worth is just the outcome of an economic hierarchy of definition that they have constructed.
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