The Top One-Percenters

The Morning Run Crew

25-Jan-19 06:05

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We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

02:25 - Is the viral statistic about the top 1% owning half the world’s wealth wrong?

07:43 - Will ditching single use plastic save the world?

13:06 - What is the impact of increasing recess time for school-kids?

Presented by: Julian Ng, Khoo Hsu Chuang, Sharidz Abdullah

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Categories: Investments

Tags: 1%, socioeconomic inequality, debt, plastics, single-use plastic, Nestle, schools, students, recess,

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