Wealth redistribution

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Some of these demographic and wealth redistribution changes include ... 

The Brundtland Commission identified three steps needed to make the human economy sustainable (1) improved efficiency (technical improvements, producing more with less, recycling) (2) reducing the human population explosion and (3) redistributing wealth from overconsumers to the world s poor. 

The trends towards a redistribution of wealth from the western world to the newly emerging economies will continue. For example, it is estimated that over the next 20 years the US s share of worldwide wealth will slip from 28 per cent to 24 per cent and that during the same time, Asia s share of the global market will almost double - meaning that it will account for over 50 per cent of the global economy by 2030. The middle classes in the emerging economies are likely to increase from 400 million in 2010 to over 1 billion by 2030. 

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