- At present, the rich G7 nations tend to look after themselves first and foremost
- Their focus is on getting richer – on increasing their own, already high, GDP and prosperity levels – they regard it as a disaster if GDP contracts by even 1%
- Meanwhile, relatively poor nations stay poor despite receiving considerable ‘overseas aid’
- Thus the gap between rich and poor nations widens
- Such gaps also arise within nations – even the rich G8 have their poor citizens
- Again, the rich are getting richer whilst the poor, and middle classes, are getting poorer – relative not only to the rich but also the past
- Plainly, this is wrong
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