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Wealth continues to be transferred from the public purse to private pockets.

The financial sector still grows to unsustainable levels for our society (16.9% of the total global economy in 2014 – McKinsey Global Institute; IMF)

Blackrock and Vanguard are new threats to the system. In 2008, they managed $4 trillion of assets, and in 2017, a whopping $11.5 trillion.

Central banks have injected thousands of billions – huge amounts of public money- into financial markets, with very little democratic oversight and no regard to its impact on inequality and climate change.

While global financial assets represent almost $300,000 billion, finance dedicated to reduce climate change only represents $383 billion (CPI, 2016).

In 2017, financing for overseas coal projects reached a five-year high from G20 governments, totalling at least $13 billion in loans, credits, and guarantees.

Wall Street bonuses have jumped 17% to pre-crisis levels. While there is a limitation on bonuses in the EU since 2014, Brexit could lead to its suppression in the UK.

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