“Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 trillion of it is in the developed countries... These inequities can't exist. So if you are talking about systemic breakdown, I think you have to look in terms of social breakdown.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksCountryTodaySocialTermTalkingEconomyProductsPercentCapitalismGrossBreakdownWorld EconomyDeveloped CountryGross Domestic Product Author:James Wolfensohn
“Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.” PeopleProblemTodayPovertyConflictEnding Poverty Author:James Wolfensohn
“We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.” PeopleWorldTwoTodayThreeHalfDollarsPopulationBillionsLiving On Author:James Wolfensohn
