https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/616382/global-report-turns-ideas-on-economic-growth-upside-down?ref=themaorigreenlantern.maori.nz
'Taxing billionaires, solving the energy crisis, working fewer hours and being happy with what we've got ... recipe for future success, according to a new report on global justice .'
As TMGL put it:
'A French economist named Thomas Piketty ... proposing that the world tax its billionaires, stop chasing GDP growth, shift investment from weapons and mining to education and health, measure success by healthy life years instead of corporate output, and build a Global Justice Fund to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty.
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'The Global Justice Report does not merely suggest tinkering at the margins of capitalism.World Inequality Lab — Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality and Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries
'It presents a fully modelled transition scenario — hard numbers, hard deadlines, hard choices — mapping the path from this burning, unequal world to one where:
*The poorest half of humanity's share of global wealth rises from 2% to 30%
*The billionaire class's share falls from 6% to 0.05%
*90% of the world doubles its income while working roughly half the hours
*Global warming is limited to 1.8°C — versus 4.5°C on the current trajectory
*A Global Justice Fund is financed at 10.3% of world GDP annually — compared to the current 0.4% going to development aid
*Average incomes converge at €5,000 per month per capita across all nations, closing today's 16-fold gap...
'This requires three non-negotiable conditions: fast decarbonisation, sufficiency over excess consumption, and drastic reduction in inequality ....'
The Guardian says 'Imagine a future in which everyone enjoys high levels of wellbeing; ...' - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/04/a-good-life-for-the-99-isnt-a-pipe-dream-it-can-be-done-heres-how
#Bhutan has already abandoned #GDP in favour of GNH - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness
New Zealand's #Green Party is leaning the same way. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/beachheroes/pages/71965/attachments/original/1782084525/GreensTaxPolicy2026.pdf?1782084525
'... the only party willing to
tackle corporate greed and fix New Zealand’s tax settings so everyday New Zealanders get a better deal.'