Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations.

If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth.

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.