In June last year, the International Monetary Fund’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department released a paper titled “Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective,” where they identify widening income inequality as the defining challenge of our time. Estimates suggest that almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just 1 percent…

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