07holdend.wordpress.com The world is full of economic inequality. The income gap between the richest 1% of Americans and the other 99% widened to a record margin in 2012, according to an analysis of tax filings.
In the UK, JK Rowling's MS clinic will be officially opened at UK's Edinburgh University by the Princess Royal. The centre will look at finding treatments to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.
The Anne Rowling Clinic was established with a £10m donation from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Named after the author's mother, who died of multiple sclerosis aged 45, the centre will look at conditions such as multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as autism and early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
How wonderful that the author has used some of the profits from her novels and films to benefit others. Everyone has a right to earn money if they sell a good product. The Harry Patter stories delight millions of youngsters. But, like other pop stars and movie stars, she has chosen to share her wealth. There are so many needy people in the world.
In the UK, JK Rowling's MS clinic will be officially opened at UK's Edinburgh University by the Princess Royal. The centre will look at finding treatments to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.
The Anne Rowling Clinic was established with a £10m donation from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Named after the author's mother, who died of multiple sclerosis aged 45, the centre will look at conditions such as multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as autism and early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
How wonderful that the author has used some of the profits from her novels and films to benefit others. Everyone has a right to earn money if they sell a good product. The Harry Patter stories delight millions of youngsters. But, like other pop stars and movie stars, she has chosen to share her wealth. There are so many needy people in the world.
qz.com While the US and UK struggle to emerge from prolonged recessions and European nations such as Greece and Spain experience mass unemployment, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank say countries such as Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Mozambique are experiencing a boom.
The Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine has announced that Africa has 55 billionaires, far more than previously thought. Twenty are Nigerian, nine are South African and eight are Egyptian. They include three women: the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter of Angola's president and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer.
The Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine has announced that Africa has 55 billionaires, far more than previously thought. Twenty are Nigerian, nine are South African and eight are Egyptian. They include three women: the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter of Angola's president and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer.
www.un.org The list is likely to reignite debate about inequality between rich and poor people in Africa. In April, the World Bank said the number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa had risen in the past three decades from 205 million to 414 million. A report earlier this month by research group Afrobarometer suggested that economic growth in Africa was primarily benefiting a small section of the elite.
Inequality continues to be one of the most contentious issues amongst the population of every country in the world.
It seems to me that if the very rich shared what they owned, it would go a long way toward leveling out the differences.
Outside our local supermarkets, people collect money for charities, relying on shoppers giving spare cash. But, for most people, this is an increasing difficulty. Money is tight and must be juggled to meet higher costs. Pensioners are some of the hardest hit. Some of us have to go without the food we like to make the money last from one pension payment to the next.
What do you think about inequality?
Inequality continues to be one of the most contentious issues amongst the population of every country in the world.
It seems to me that if the very rich shared what they owned, it would go a long way toward leveling out the differences.
Outside our local supermarkets, people collect money for charities, relying on shoppers giving spare cash. But, for most people, this is an increasing difficulty. Money is tight and must be juggled to meet higher costs. Pensioners are some of the hardest hit. Some of us have to go without the food we like to make the money last from one pension payment to the next.
What do you think about inequality?
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