BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

BINYAMIN APPELBAUM is the author ofThe Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets and the Fracture of Society and the lead writer on business and economics for the editorial board of the New York Times.

Poverty

Binyamin Appelbaum: Distribution Matters

BINYAMIN APPELBAUM December 22, 2020

Since the Industrial Revolution began more than 250 years ago- the world has produced enough wealth for every one of its 8 billion people to live comfortably. Yet, over 40 percent live in poverty, with most of the wealth being held by an increasingly narrow slice of the population.

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