High-rise apartment towers in Shenzhen, China REUTERSWill crazy rich Asians become passé as we emerge from a pandemic-riven world? The tarnished American dream has had a good innings, but is being superseded by the Asian dream. Inequality holds back economic development in the medium term, even though one can accept disparities in the initial stages. What seems to have happened is that many elites have opted for permanent inequality, unwilling to share. If we are approaching an inflexion point, the issue of inequality, and its sidekick justice, could soon define politics.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2020 19:30 UTC