Title: Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality - Inequality.org
Headings: Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights, and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world.
1. Stop Illicit Outflows
2. Progressive Income Tax
3. A Global Wealth Tax?
4. Enforce a Living Wage
5. Workers’ Right to Organize
6. Stop Other Labor Abuses
7. Open and Democratic Trade Policy
8. A New Economics?
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Content: Often called “contingent” or “precarious” workers, these workers fill a labor need that is permanent while being denied the status of employment. In the United States, this trend is called “misclassification,” in which employers misclassify workers as “independent contractors” when they are actually employees. Contingent labor also occurs through outsourcing, subcontracting, and use of employment agencies. 7. Open and Democratic Trade Policy
Negotiating international trade agreements behind closed doors with only bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists present has to end. These old-style trade agreements are fundamentally undemocratic and put corporate profits above workers, the environment, health, and the public interest. We need a new, transparent trade policy that is open, transparent, and accountable to the people. 8. A New Economics? Economists are often imagined as stuffy academics who value arcane economic theory above humanitarian values.