Billionaires Complain About Inequality

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Capitalism and the World Economic Forum

When billionaires talk about income inequality, it’s time for the people in the middle to hold on to their wallets.

Per a Bloomberg article, “Billionaires . . . Bemoan Inequality,” billionaires at the World Economic Forum are putting their heads together about income inequality. Proposed changes to capitalism will be discussed in a panel scheduled for today, “Remodeling Capitalism.”

On the subject of changes to the capitalist structure, the conference is highlighted by such quotes, per the Bloomberg article, as, “these growing inequalities are not acceptable,” from Rahul Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Group, and that business should concentrate on “a more just distribution of wealth,” by Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk.

It will be interesting to see if their confabulation has any effect on the capitalist system, and if so from where the “redistribution” originates.

 

Davos Needs an Open Mind Toward Freedom

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Capitalism and the World Economic Forum

This post opens up a series of short commentaries on the World Economics Forum (WEF), the annual economics and business conference convening today in Davos, Switzerland. These commentaries will continue through the end of the conference on January 29.

In a recent Reuters article, Klaus Schwab, the founder of the conference, was quoted as saying that he preferred that a company’s top managers not make more than 20 times what the lowest paid worker makes. Given that the WEF is a worldwide conference, one that we would hope would be approached by its participants with open minds, it’s unsettling to think that the conference founder has already set boundaries for a free market concept.

The WEF will help guide the future of capitalism. It’s imperative that its participants, and especially its founder, go the the conference with an open mind towards freedom.

 

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