The cracks in the world are breaking open. As 2016 passed, a year defined by upheaval, even the elites had started to chatter about the failures and visible backlash against economies that are only working for a tiny few. The social breakdown and loss of legitimacy that governments across the world today have seen have started to challenge our view of the future.
Lasting peace, justice and well-being for all cannot exist in the current neoliberal economic system we are trapped in, which has caused the highest inequality levels in history. Growing inequality is being felt in our country, and between countries, with no state spared from this injustice. The global gap between the rich and the poor has reached extreme levels, with the richest 1% hoarding more than half of the world's wealth.
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