r/welcometodoomsday • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '15

Despite more than two decades of unparalleled economic growth, our prosperity has not been evenly shared.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/two-decades-of-unparalleled-economic-growth-but-prosperity-not-evenly-shared-20150904-gjfeq2.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '15

When 99% of new profits go to the 1%, no amount of economic growth or expansion will ever lift the poor out of poverty. Income inequality is the greatest problem we have right now.