Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'

Inherited wealth boom puts a spotlight on a global inequality emergency

As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.

Experts call for global panel to tackle 'inequality crisis'

Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis.

One in four skip meals as billionaires thrive: G20 warned of ‘inequality crisis’

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 — Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned today, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis.The “inequality emergency” is leaving billions hungry and could worsen under the United States’ “law of the jungle” approach to trade under President Donald Trump, a committee led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Sti…