Signal Inequality ranked the most interconnected global risk of the decade

Summary

This signal reflects a judgement by global risk experts that inequality is central to many other threats. Respondents to the World Economic Forum rated inequality as the most interconnected global risk over the coming decade. In other words, it is seen as the risk most likely to amplify or be amplified by others, from economic shocks to social unrest. UNDP cites this within its analysis of uneven pathways to prosperity, where post-pandemic recovery has diverged and technology widens gaps. It also connects to proposals such as a 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires and new global tax cooperation, which aim to address distribution directly.