Hyper inequality is a threat to democracy and market economics - Al Gore


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Nov 2021

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 5, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Current high levels of inequality are a threat to democracy, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Friday in a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow.

"Hyper inequality of the kind we now have in our world is a threat to both democracy and to market economics," Gore said.

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