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Even in Chile, which enjoyed high economic growth and cut poverty in half, and Brazil, which lowered the percentage of citizens living below the poverty line by a third during the 1990’s, the
concentration
of wealth has increased.
Today, the US has the smallest middle class, holding just 22% of total net financial assets, half the average of other industrialized countries, and the highest
concentration
of wealth than in any other country.
That is, Korans were burned at a US facility that meets the dictionary definition of a
concentration
camp.
It is not the extent of the financial system that should alarm us, but its
concentration
and connectivity.
Concentration
and connectivity reinforce each other.
Unless we change our system of income generation, there will be no way to check the
concentration
of wealth in the hands of the rich and exceptionally entrepreneurial.
In a way, this reveals a paradox of Latin American democracy: exclusive, minority governments that devalue and weaken the state are no longer acceptable, while the rise of personalismo – a
concentration
of power and coupled with refractory political tactics – are bringing about fragmentation and unruly governance.
Clearly, the key features of Silicon Valley that foster innovation and entrepreneurship – a dense
concentration
of human talent, a competitive spirit, easy access to capital, and a supportive regulatory environment – can be replicated in and adapted to a wide variety of contexts.
As for priorities, the EU has clearly indicated that Structural and Cohesion funds should be used to implement the “EU 2020” strategy, according to which member countries are asked to focus resources on a small number of high-return projects – so-called “thematic concentration.”
In Poland, Greece, and Portugal – where the regional disparities averaged roughly four percentage points in 2009, compared to the EU average of 11.8 – a higher degree of thematic
concentration
would deliver the strongest results.
The rising
concentration
of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is leading to more extreme storms, higher-intensity hurricanes, rising ocean levels, melting glaciers and ice sheets, droughts, floods and other climate changes.
The growing
concentration
of wealth – and a significant reduction in taxes on it – has meant less money to spend on investments for the public good, like education and the protection of children.
In fact, there was large-scale collaboration by the Dutch bureaucracy with the Nazis, and Dutch citizens played an instrumental role in deporting 80% of the country’s Jewish population to
concentration
camps.
The rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere B which is the main cause of the long-term climate change B might actually have some directly beneficial effects, since a higher
concentration
of carbon dioxide can stimulate the faster growth of some types of forests and some crops.
The clear trend is one of
concentration
of income and wealth at the top, the hollowing out of the middle, and increasing poverty at the bottom.
But the long-term trends identified – a rise in capital owners’ share of income and the
concentration
of “primary income” (before taxes and transfers) at the very top of the distribution in the United States and other major economies – remain unchallenged.
The tendency of these capital owners to save a large proportion of their income – and, in many cases, not to have a large number of children – would augment wealth
concentration
further.
This, too, causes income
concentration
to occur faster than it did two or three decades ago, when wealthy men married women less likely to have comparably large incomes.
While policymakers have intensified their focus on trade and new technologies, they have missed an even more potent driver of inequality: the endemic rent-seeking that stems from market concentration, heightened corporate power, and regulatory capture.
The same multi-country database also confirms that market
concentration
has risen significantly over the past two decades, particularly among the top 100 firms.
This implies that market
concentration
and corporate rent-extraction are feeding off one another.
So wherever globalization and full commercialization reign supreme, there is an unmistakable
concentration
of quality and success.
The reason for this
concentration
at the top is obvious: the richest clubs are now able to attract the best players in the world.
If doctors, computer specialists, or engineers (let alone the proverbial Polish plumbers!) were allowed to move freely, the
concentration
of talent in the richest countries would most likely increase.
When I served in 1995 on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the scientific group that periodically assesses the science of global warming, there was overwhelming evidence that the
concentration
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere had increased markedly since the beginning of the industrial revolution, that human activity had contributed significantly to those increases, and that they would have profound effects on climate and sea levels.
Others are exposed to risks stemming from
concentration
in a single business sector, commodity, and/or geographic area.
Last year also marked the first time in millions of years that the
concentration
of CO2 in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million (ppm).
Trump also has a tax-reduction plan that would not be revenue-neutral, and thus would expand the budget deficit (though the effect on demand would likely be small, given the
concentration
of benefits at the very top of the income distribution).
But it also creates an unhealthy
concentration
of risks: not only the employee’s job, but also his assets now depend on the company’s fate.
They have allowed an enormous
concentration
of power in the hands of one person and the parliamentary majority that he leads.
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