Update: new IGM forum survey shows that less than 10% of the consulted economists disagree, and most of them agree, that the increasing share of income and wealth among the richest people in a number of advanced countries is: a) giving significantly more political power to the wealthy (90% - weighted by confidence);
b) having a significantly negative effect on intergenerational social mobility (79%); c) a major threat to capitalism (61%).
Update: new IGM forum survey shows that less than 10% of the consulted economists disagree, and most of them agree, that the increasing share of income and wealth among the richest people in a number of advanced countries is:
a) giving significantly more political power to the wealthy (90% - weighted by confidence);
b) having a significantly negative effect on intergenerational social mobility (79%);
c) a major threat to capitalism (61%).