The World Is More Equal Than You Think
4th February 2026
The Economist, a Voice of the Crust.
At first glance the global economy looks more uneven than ever: billionaires’ fortunes keep breaking records, asset prices have soared and voters across rich countries insist that life is getting harder and more expensive. Yet in the 21st century the world economy has kept getting more equal.
Technology will do that. Of course, the Narrative Media are heavily invested in complaining about ‘inequality’, whether in ‘incomes’ or ‘wealth’ or whatever they think you have more of than you ought; it is beneath their notice that ‘poor people’ have access to resources that John D. Rockefeller would have given half his net worth to have.