Tehnologija napreduje zapanjujućom brzinom -- a sa njom i ekonomska nejednakost, kaže spisateljica Chrystia Freeland. U strastvenom govoru, opisuje uspon nove klase plutokrata (koji su izvanredno moćni stoga što su izvanredno bogati), te sugerira kako globalizacija i nove tehnologije zapravo potiču, a ne smanjuju, globalni raskorak u dohotku. Freeland iznosi tri problema plutokracije ... te jedan tračak nade.

Uspon novih globalnih superbogataša

Economic inequality is skyrocketing as technology and globalization create vast fortunes for a select few, leaving the middle class increasingly hollowed out. The wealth of the top 0.1 percent in the United States now rivals where the top 1 percent was just decades ago, and two billionaires once held as much wealth as the bottom 40 percent combined. While globalization has lifted millions out of poverty worldwide, it has also outsourced jobs from Western economies and weakened social mobility. Real change will require ambitious new policies to ensure prosperity is widely shared.