The wealthiest 0.1% of French people earn, on average, 167 times more than the quarter of households with the lowest incomes, according to France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. The gap has widened dramatically over the past 20 years, while reforms introduced by Emmanuel Macron have reduced the tax rate for the richest households.
It’s almost like feeding tumors that destabilize society. If only there were way to make things not turn out like this in every country that has embraced capitalism…