by Michele Blanco The data of the World Inequality Report 2026 show a net split in the distribution of resources on a global scale: the overall income of the poorest half of the world population is now lower than that held by 0.1% of the richest. This marked polarization is not the contingent result of an adverse economic phase, but the effect of consolidated political and regulatory choices. In recent decades, the progressive dismantling of fis…
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by Michele Blanco The data of the World Inequality Report 2026 show a net split in the distribution of resources on a global scale: the overall income of the poorest half of the world population is now lower than that held by 0.1% of the richest. This marked polarization is not the contingent result of an adverse economic phase, but the effect of consolidated political and regulatory choices. In recent decades, the progressive dismantling of fis…