Africa: Fighting Disparity - the Dream of Davos Elites

19 February 2014
analysis

The world's richest nations have admitted that global inequality is appalling. But are they prepared to radically tackle the capitalist system that harbours rich tax thieves and appropriators of labour, who increase their wealth with political favours? A system that safeguards the interests of the minority at the expense of the majority poor?

Now the Davos elites have 'raised' the issue of rich-poor divide. The World Economic Forum (WEF, 22-25 January 2014) said that the growing rich-poor income gap is the biggest risk the world is facing for the next decade. Pope Francis told Davos to fight inequality, hunger. But Mr. Bill Gates finds hope in this world system.

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