Inequality and its many discontents


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SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Much recent unrest, such as the "yellow-vest" protests in France and the US "Abolish the Super-Rich" campaign, is not against inequality per se, but reflects perceptions of changing inequalities.

Most citizens resent inequalities when it is not only unacceptably high, but also rising.

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