{"id":128133,"date":"2025-06-28T11:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=128133"},"modified":"2025-06-28T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:27:32","slug":"ex-world-leaders-urge-global-action-to-tackle-extreme-inequality-amid-rise-of-trillionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/128133-ex-world-leaders-urge-global-action-to-tackle-extreme-inequality-amid-rise-of-trillionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-World Leaders Urge Global Action to Tackle Extreme Inequality Amid Rise of Trillionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A group of 40 former world leaders, including ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has called for urgent global cooperation to address rising inequality and poverty as the prospect of the world\u2019s first trillionaires looms. The leaders\u2019 letter, organized by Club de Madrid with support from Oxfam and the People\u2019s Medicines Alliance, warns that nearly half of humanity still lives in poverty while wealth concentration accelerates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter condemns \u201cnarrow unilateralism\u201d and the outdated post-World War II economic framework, urging comprehensive debt relief, international tax cooperation, and reforms to institutions such as the International Monetary Fund. Among the signatories are notable figures like Helen Clark (New Zealand), Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero (Spain), and Nobel laureates Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta and \u00d3scar Arias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-112533.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-112533.png 1023w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-112533-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-112533-768x473.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the global crisis, the letter states that 3.3 billion people live in countries spending more on debt interest than on education or health, while climate breakdown outpaces green transitions. The former leaders emphasize that multilateralism\u2014the cooperative global system established after two world wars\u2014is faltering amid rising violence and geopolitical instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the grim outlook, the group expresses hope for a \u201cpowerful shift\u201d through a \u201cnew economic coalition of the willing\u201d to combat inequality, poverty, and human rights abuses. They call for restoring development aid, implementing global minimum taxes on multinational profits, and leveraging upcoming international forums such as the G20 in South Africa and COP30 in Brazil to advance their agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 40 former world leaders, including ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has called for urgent global cooperation to address rising inequality and poverty as the prospect of the world\u2019s first trillionaires looms. 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