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Despite unprecedented progress against poverty, hunger and disease, demonstrations are increasing across the world and a new generation of inequalities is on the rise. 21st century inequalities result from the shift in people’s aspirations, and are mainly concentrated around access to jobs for young educated, climate change, gender gap, violent conflicts etc. | Related Megatrends: Technology; Work; New Governing Systems; Climate Change; Resource Scarcity
Disillusionment with politics is higher amongst citizens in lower income categories. People who feel more socially marginalised are more likely to also feel alienated from mainstream politics, to abstain from voting, and to support radical parties.
While the living standards is often linked to dissatisfaction to democracy, core freedoms as access to justice and freedom of expression could play an important role.
Placing people at the heart of decisionmaking could open new ways of tackling diversifying inequalities.
Populist uprising across countries could be explained by social mobility (a situation where each person’s economic success strongly depends on how successful their parents were) than by inequality and culture.

Originally Published \| Last Updated	26 Mar 2020 \| 29 Apr 2020
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