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2026-06-10 13:48:10 UTC

Alberto Cottica on Nostr: "While national incomes expanded, wages stagnated, work became more precarious and ...

"While national incomes expanded, wages stagnated, work became more precarious and public services were cut. At the top, fortunes ballooned; at the bottom, families turned to food banks. Growth has become decoupled from shared prosperity."

I am one of the 400 signatories of this op-ed arguing that poverty is manufactured. We propose restructuring our economies to un-manufacture it. Kudos to lead authors Olivier De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz and others.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/10/economists-maths-growth-doomed-strategy-un-agencies-political-leaders

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