Global Inequality

I find money a funny thing, mainly because technically it is more of an abstract concept than anything else. Since the federal reserve was introduced in the early 20th century, more money has been printed than we have. And really, we work 40 hours a week for a number to be printed onto a piece of paper. You save this money throughout your life, with its value drastically fluctuating as a result of inflation and so forth. When you think about money in these terms, you can also see how when you work, you're really selling your time for imaginary money half the time, so to speak. It's scary when you think about it like this.

But regardless of this unstable nature of money, currency, economy and so forth, money predicts the life we can lead and what opportunities we have. And worse of all, there are thousands and thousands of people who do not have access to this vast amount of wealth, and thus have to remain in poverty.

But why? This short video of 3 minutes highlights how drastic the global wealth inequality is and some of its root causes.

What are your thoughts on this?