It's Not Just About The Current Economic

Since The 1980s, We Have Given The Rich A Bigger Slice Of Our Pie In The Belief That They Would Create More Wealth, Making The Pie Bigger Than Otherwise Possible In The Long Run. The Rich Got The Bigger Slice Of The Pie All Right, But They Have Actually Reduced The Pace At Which The Pie Is Growing.

Rich Countries Have 'kicked Away The Ladder' By Forcing Free-market, Free-trade Policies On Poor Countries. Already Established Countries Do Not Want More Competitors Emerging Through The Nationalistic Policies They Themselves Successfully Used In The Past.

People 'over-produce' Pollution Because They Are Not Paying For The Costs Of Dealing With It.

Rational Thinking Is An Important Aspect Of Human Nature, But We Have Imagination, We Have Ambition, We Have Irrational Fear, We Are Swayed By Other People, We Get Indoctrinated And We Get Influenced By Advertising.

Democracy And Markets Are Both Fundamental Building Blocks For A Decent Society. But They Clash At A Fundamental Level. We Need To Balance Them.