Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men
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Services publics ou fortunes privées ? Quand les multinationales et les grandes fortunes ne payent pas leur juste part d’impôt, elles privent les États de ressources pour financer les services publics essentiels, comme la santé ou l’éducationAuthor(s)
Chan, Man-KwunParvez Butt, Anam
Marriott, Anna
Ehmke, Ellen
Jacobs, Didier
Seghers, Julie
Atienza, Jaime
Gowland, Rebecca
Lawson, Max
Rhodes, Francesca
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2019-01-21Metadata
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OxfamDocument type
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Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top.
The number of billionaires has doubled since the financial crisis and their fortunes grow by $2.5bn a day, yet the super-rich and corporations are paying lower rates of tax than they have in decades. The human costs – children without teachers, clinics without medicines – are huge. Piecemeal private services punish poor people and privilege elites. Women suffer the most, and are left to fill the gaps in public services with many hours of unpaid care.
We need to transform our economies to deliver universal health, education and other public services. To make this possible, the richest people and corporations should pay their fair share of tax. This will drive a dramatic reduction in the gap between rich and poor and between women and men.
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