AM18 Global Situation Space | The Big Picture on Inequality
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-04-13

It is understandable that a lot of people feel angry at being left behind, says MIT’s David Autor, presenting data that show how within-country inequality has been increasing in many countries even as the global economy has grown as a whole. Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, makes the case that excessive inequality is bad for efficiency and productivity.