Poverty

The rich are getting richer. According to Oxfam International, the richest one per cent of the population will own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016. One suggestion to reduce inequality in the world is an idea that has been around for decades: a guaranteed annual income. And it’s been tried in Canada before. Leo Kavanagh and Andrew Miller‘s animation for this week’s edition of The West Block explores the concept of a “guaranteed annual income”.