"Data from 136 countries confirms that as economic resources become more unequally distributed, so too does political power. This leads to policy outcomes that reflect the preferences of upper-income groups more than those of lower-income groups."
Policy outcomes that reflect the preferences of the rich, indeed. A neutral formulation for a dire outcome – one that, among other things, is costing out the planet with the irreversible climate change already in place.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/resisting-rule-rich
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