Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’
TL;DR
- Over 1,500 academics and economists from 100+ countries are urging global leaders to join an initiative against extreme inequality.
- They have signed an open letter backing the International Panel on Inequality (IPI), which aims to be a leading authority on the subject.
- High-profile signatories include Janet Yellen, Daron Acemoglu, Thomas Piketty, Mariana Mazzucato, and Jayati Ghosh.
- The IPI, championed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, will assess the scale of inequality and propose policy solutions.
- The initiative aims to build a shared scientific consensus on inequality and raise its profile globally.
- Former global leaders from Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand have also backed the IPI.