Public Good or Private Wealth?
Public Good or Private Wealth?
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公共利益还是私人财富？
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2019
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R. Gowland
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M. Lawson;M. Chan;F. Rhodes;A. Butt;A. Marriott;E. Ehmke;D. Jacobs;J. Seghers;Jaime Atienza;R. Gowland
我们的经济已经崩溃，数亿人生活在极端贫困中，而最顶层的人却获得了巨额回报。自金融危机以来，亿万富翁的数量翻了一番，他们的财富每天增长25亿美元，但超级富豪和企业缴纳的税率却低于几十年来的水平。人类的代价——儿童没有老师，诊所没有药品——是巨大的。零敲碎打的私人服务惩罚了穷人和特权精英。妇女遭受的损失最大，她们不得不以许多小时的无偿照顾来填补公共服务的空白。我们需要改革经济，以提供全民健康、教育和其他公共服务。为了实现这一目标，最富有的人和公司应该缴纳公平的税款。这将大大缩小贫富差距和男女差距。
Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top. The number of billionaires has doubled since the financial crisis and their fortunes grow by $2.5bn a day, yet the super-rich and corporations are paying lower rates of tax than they have in decades. The human costs – children without teachers, clinics without medicines – are huge. Piecemeal private services punish poor people and privilege elites. Women suffer the most, and are left to fill the gaps in public services with many hours of unpaid care. We need to transform our economies to deliver universal health, education and other public services. To make this possible, the richest people and corporations should pay their fair share of tax. This will drive a dramatic reduction in the gap between rich and poor and between women and men.