The Key Man

by Simon Clark

there’s already a system in place to fairly and justly manage human affairs in a way that values everyone equally, regardless of how much money they have. It’s called democracy. Democratically elected governments are supposed to raise revenue by taxing companies and individuals and to spend that money on providing public services such as schools and hospitals.

less than 2 percent of Pakistan’s 216 million citizens paid income tax in 2019.1

Conferences about poverty and the global economy that don’t include poor people have as much integrity as a room full of men discussing how to improve gender equality.