Davos are you listening?
As global elites descend on the Swiss ski resort for the World Economic Forum, Oxfam have published a damning inequality report.
Their headline claim is that just eight people, are as rich as the 3.6 billion people who form the poorest half of the world's population.
"What's important is that they do debate this issue and when they go home they play their important part in correcting this warping of our economy."
The aid agency publishes its inequality report annually.
This year they say the wealth divide has only worsened.
And now more than ever it might make sense for business and political high flyers to take note.
“We’ve got our country back.”
The shock Brexit and Trump results interpreted as one symptom of an unequal system.
"I think there's strong evidence that those ruptures in our political system are in part to do with growing inequality, people are feeling less involved in the success of their nation and their society and more and more dissatisfied with the status quo."
Oxfam also blames companies that dodge taxes and squeeze workers' wages.
It says new data from China and India suggest the problem of inequality is worse than feared.
In principle, Davos could be just the place to tackle such issues.
In fact, this year a key theme is responsive and responsible leadership.
And the people here certainly have the power to effect change.
If they don't, critics will argue it's just more window dressing.

Davos are you listening?
As global elites descend on the Swiss ski resort for the World Economic Forum, Oxfam have published a damning inequality report.
Their headline claim is that just eight people, are as rich as the 3.6 billion people who form the poorest half of the world's population.
"What's important is that they do debate this issue and when they go home they play their important part in correcting this warping of our economy."
The aid agency publishes its inequality report annually.
This year they say the wealth divide has only worsened.
And now more than ever it might make sense for business and political high flyers to take note.
“We’ve got our country back.”
The shock Brexit and Trump results interpreted as one symptom of an unequal system.
"I think there's strong evidence that those ruptures in our political system are in part to do with growing inequality, people are feeling less involved in the success of their nation and their society and more and more dissatisfied with the status quo."
Oxfam also blames companies that dodge taxes and squeeze workers' wages.
It says new data from China and India suggest the problem of inequality is worse than feared.
In principle, Davos could be just the place to tackle such issues.
In fact, this year a key theme is responsive and responsible leadership.
And the people here certainly have the power to effect change.
If they don't, critics will argue it's just more window dressing.

다시풀기 정답보기

• 1.

  Which organization have published the report?

  a) UNICEF

  b) Oxfam

  c) WHO
• 2.

  What does the report highlight?

  a) inequality

  b) injustice

  c) instability
• 3.

  How many people are as rich as the 3.6 billion people who form the poorest half of the world's population?

  a) eight people

  b) eight thousand people

  c) eight million people
• 4.

  What is interpreted as one symptom of an unequal system?

  a) global warming

  b) anti-Islam movements

  c) Brexit
• 5.

  What does Oxfam blame?

  a) companies that squeeze workers' wages

  b) corrupt politicians

  c) lazy workers

다시풀기 정답보기