WEALTH INEQUALITY
Wealth Inequality, Upper and Lower Extremes
Rates of wealth inequality have never been as high as they are now. Observe and ponder the breakdown in the side by side panels:
1% of ADULTS OWN 46% of the WORLD’S WEALTH
55% of ADULTS OWN 1% of the WORLD!S WEALTH
Rates of wealth inequality have never been as high as they are now. Observe and ponder the breakdown in the side by side panels:
1% of ADULTS OWN 46% of the WORLD’S WEALTH
55% of ADULTS OWN 1% of the WORLD!S WEALTH
BEFORE WEALTH
BEFORE WEALTH
For our first 290,000 years as Homo Sapiens we were nomads, an existence that precludes ownership of much ‘stuff’, living materially poorer but much more equal lives. Each mirror square represents a member of a band or tribal group (numbering anywhere from 10 - 50 individuals) where everyone was = to everyone else with regard to wealth or lack thereof. The backdrop in this mosaic portrays a variety of landscapes on our beautiful planet, each and every one habitable by humankind. NEXT IN SERIES
For our first 290,000 years as Homo Sapiens we were nomads, an existence that precludes ownership of much ‘stuff’, living materially poorer but much more equal lives. Each mirror square represents a member of a band or tribal group (numbering anywhere from 10 - 50 individuals) where everyone was = to everyone else with regard to wealth or lack thereof. The backdrop in this mosaic portrays a variety of landscapes on our beautiful planet, each and every one habitable by humankind. NEXT IN SERIES
