The average income in the states was sixty six thousand one hundred dollars which sounds quite high but if you look a little closer to half of the countrys adults so around one hundred seventeen Million People that figure was actually just sixteen thousand six hundred dollars a year and that income has barely changed in the last thirty years. Yet over the same period the countrys wealthiest one percent has seen its disposable personal income rise dramatically. They sleep in tents if they can afford one that is. There are already some fifty eight thousand Homeless People in Los Angeles County and that number is rising. The extent of the crisis is most apparent in downtown l. A. Thank you for being in love with side of a generic. You know one of us and thats right that today guys love conquers oh no we appreciate you father we love you can see how he was a mayor. This christians and geo distributes food some of the homeless receive state aid and food stamps but it doesnt get them very far. Erwin lives on thirty dollars a month hes originally from chicago but came to l. A. For the warm winters you know i just hope that they start having temporary jobs so we could at least get day to labor you know right here so we can have money to you know do our hygiene things maybe try to get in touch with our families you know. Further north in hollywood summer has set up a camp on a side street the thirty three year old left utah to try her luck in california. But now all she owns is a bicycle in a few other things right shes been living on the streets for a year and a half. Movings that im coming to town talk to. A lot of people are you know. Im going to prison and you know and a lot of people live on the streets and drug users and. You know theyre great people like ive really learned a lot from them and moved schools think it can explain why. Its not its not the safest environment. Summer was able to get by for a while with a waitressing job but when she lost it she had to move out of her apartment. Thats not an uncommon situation for many here l. A. Is expensive an average seventy square meter apartment in hollywood costs over two thousand dollars a month. Rising rents are actually making the city more attractive says brian fold. The business man leases offices and apartments in hollywood. Hes seen more and more Entertainment Companies move into the area in recent years. But also complains that the homeless make his customers nervous. They dont feel comfortable going out on the street to do their business or go out to lunch or to go shopping and so forth so were getting a lot of pushback from businesses and people that are. That have opted to move into the area feeling that maybe they made a mistake and maybe they need to make a change in the l. A. Homeless Services Authority provides shelters and other Housing Services for the citys homeless but it faces an uphill battle the authorities Communications Director says thats down to a lack of political will. Theres just not enough of housing the people who are on the lower end of the economic Socio Economic scale and in some cases have no assets whatsoever kids can access and unfortunately its overwhelm the rest other aspects of the system and shelter in particular and rapid rate housing in november of two thousand and sixteen l. A. Residents voted to raise property taxes with proceeds going to help the city create more affordable housing. The goal is to build about ten thousand residential units over the next decade. But there are almost six times that many homeless in the county. We visit the Midnight Mission in downtown los angeles. This is our Program Participant dining hall so people that live here very program the organization has been around for a century providing meals shelters and rehab programs for the homeless manager joey weiner believes that every person who lives on the streets should get help tailored to their individual needs. Housing is definitely very important thats top of the list of course but taking somebody off the street and just putting them in housing. I dont think its necessarily the answer without having some kind of treatment. To bring them to being able to be a productive member of society. Shes grown all too familiar with life on the streets of hollywood. Now summer from utah no longer believes anyone really cares what happens to her. Once youre down the system keeps you down and they dont want they say they want to help you. But they they generally dont they want to. Keep you out of their way i mean the cops told me yesterday they were like. We hate you we hate you guys being like out here like this and seen this on our street and im going to do something about it. The police regularly a victim homeless woman from her makeshift home writing her a ticket for setting up a tent on the street so far she hasnt been able to find an emergency shelter. The glittering lights of hollywood dont promise hope or help for people like Summer Nights on the street are fraught with danger. For the homeless life in the city of angels is a daily struggle just to survive. Two thousand and seventeen was a good year for the worlds super rich according to Forbes Magazine their combined wealth totaled seven point six seven trillion dollars thats almost twice germanys g. D. P. Right now jeff basis the founder of Online Shopping retailer amazon is the worlds richest man and thats thanks partly to the stock market basis and sixteen percent of amazon shares and their value has skyrocketed in the first days of this year his estimated wealth increased by six billion dollars billion as simply work harder than the rest of us. Work hard they dont wait for others to give them something from us they get busy themselves thats why the rich keep getting richer even. If you believe the statistic shown on this socalled wealth clock private wealth is increasing by one billion euros a day net in germany alone that sounds a bit abstract even more abstract than this time piece the purpose of which is less to tell the time than to let the wearer flash their wealth. But is it really true that the rich are getting richer its not something rich people like to talk about but someone who manages their wealth ought to know i find an asset manager in the heart of berlin. I figure the job of an asset manager is to increase their clients wells noir house soon puts me straight on that his main task is to preserve his clients wealth ok but are the rich getting richer this this is yes. Since so far as wealthy people have access to better Asset Management solutions and services and get more professional advice than most office in the book. That lays the foundation for building up wealth on the assets side of the Balance Sheet doing science i think is a high for moves off points of. Building up wealth so thats what you call it when the rich get richer but the suitcase full of money is outdated both these days looks different trying to visiting any major car show luxury cars are getting faster more looks year yes and ever more expensive and yet their sales are increasing worldwide you could buy one for two million euro which great news for car dealers as conspicuous spending has been frowned upon but its very resilient new markets roping off and people seem to have the appetite to keep going to go more expensive cars. So on the Positive Side there are at least seem to be more and more rich people getting richer how do researchers explain this huge increase in the personal wealth of an ever growing elite was this you know lets say theres been a series of political decisions over recent decades regarding taxation and huge benefits for the wealthy. I think thats the main factor and were not just talking about individual income tax but also a Corporation Tax that puts far less of a burden on companies in mice and in most industrialized countries thats led to a significant increase of income and wealth at the very top going to. The makers of luxury goods have to come up with ever wackier ideas to get their hands on customers dollars to multimillionaires who had originally agreed to an interview changed their minds when they heard precisely what it was about but a third thomas beetling was still willing to talk to me. He donated half his inheritance to a foundation that aims to end wealth disparity my first question what do you do with a billion euros. Is a vice and what does this all i know is that its far beyond what any human being regardless of who they are can ever need or use and the hope of all fun football can come. Describes his own lifestyle as modest he works as a literary agent and is just glad that he and his family dont have to worry about their old age he sees tax evasion by the super rich as a key factor in global poverty. Doesnt isnt as were talking about the vast sums of money as a limit that would free up money for the common good that would be a start in what is. The doing would also like to see higher rates of inheritance tax but many big corporate dynasties claim that would ruin the. Country to mush but when it comes to inheritance tax in germany ive been told by a well known corporate attorneys who work for these companies. And inheritance tax of fifteen percent would be no problem at all for any of these corporations seem fairly difficult and they have a. So if you win here at one hundred billion euros you pay fifteen billion into public coffers but what goes on in the heads of the super rich dont they eventually lose their appetite for status symbols and at what stage can they even be classed as rich i just went on when youre rich when you can finance your lifestyle and expenditure through income from your assets even after taxes fees and inflationary adjustments for income then you are genuinely rich wells not in france who is also done this with. So how much do you really need to finance your lifestyle ten thousand a month perhaps or maybe a million. Much wealth is inherited which of course helps to keep the rich rich. But most about social mobility in wealthy countries. Destined to remain poor. We had now to britain where the social divide from birth on words is becoming ever wider concerns about debt mean that families often struggle to get their children the education. Out of poverty. Its seven thirty time to get ready for school. But in the sulphide household in Northern England its no easy feat sloane was broken her big family live on around two hundred pounds almost two hundred eighty dollars per week thats all they have to build some food but at least the rent is covered. Its crazy. To ever get school. Schoolbooks rebuts p. Three players from. Clones children go to four different schools the family lives soley on state Welfare Benefits and so having a car is out of the question. Sloans partner kevan has provided some relief hes currently after her job still sloan has faced worse. But my exhusband last. Six children. All god without food i would live on toast and coffee so my kids can have the beans all i could have thought a little bit extra. Sloans experience is not unique almost a third of all children in this area live in poverty that means their Household Income is less than sixty percent of the annual british Median Income over the past five years the number of People Living in poverty in the u. K. Has risen Childrens Charities say that increasing living costs and cuts in state benefits have left many families without sufficient support sloans children have become used to doing without. And i know sometimes id rather have my own men i mean surrounded by them just not all the time. But the lack of privacy is just a small problem. Sacramentos when his father left until smarm was forced to go to a food bank. And. Hes going to just have to live on. So that shes now im used to it so. Some people can just stick their kids into. Schools cause. All the low income we just we get by simple as that we deal with it we build resilience. Sloan hasnt built that resilience alone. Neighbors have also been there for her. Every week they come together to talk about their problems it helps them deal with the realities of poverty. Poverty by definition is isolation it is the. Stripping or way of a persons ability to join into a society. That can be. In a very physical way in that people cant join in and participate in life in the ways that they would like or they need to. But also there isnt that there is a shame in gendered by poverty which people can self isolate know in these people got my back of the east is a sense security is separate sets of belonging. Yeah. Its a sense of belonging. Sloan also volunteers at a food bank. Brian langdon has come to pick up some basic supplies delays to benefit payments and changes to the u. K. s benefit system have seen a rise in referrals to food banks according to antipoverty charity the trussell trust. At this food bank numbers have gone up. Just not enough in the hours after paying rent and electric and all your bills. And he looks at all. Basic. If i go so far. In the situation i have nothing i want and i can make a difference and make people feel welcomed. And so no worries. With a little help from kevin sloan is trying to give her children a structured upbringing. But they eat dinner together every day at five oclock. And there are set back times and the gulf watch old and is. Not up to me and. Im to be happy. And. Stronger. At the same time she knows it will be hard for her children to break out of a cycle thats trapped so many in britain. Homes and profits from mentions agricultural areas across the globe Transnational Companies and foreign governments are busy snapping them up yet over one point five billion people depend on the land that they and their families have been cultivating for generations our reporter catchier dern i went to peru and witnessed the effect such conflicts can have on local people. Weve come to. An area in cyprus amazon rain forest this been badly hit by deforestation. Is on his way to visit an Indigenous Community they can only be reached by boat. Heads up the federation of native communities in this part of peru he grew up in a village here but he doesnt come back often as its become too dangerous. To do a lot of Death Threats. Left a message in my house saying a prior opposed to their activities again better not see me in the village. Or believe im in great danger. He opposes the large scale deforestation in his region and that has earned him some powerful enemies he never comes here alone now this time hes with staff from the organization poetica the peruvian arm of Transparency International they visit santa clara. Residents here have come under pressure from Companies Looking to set up cocoa Palm Oil Plantations. A village chief calls everyone to a meeting to discuss the latest developments theyre taking legal action to try to stop new Palm Oil Plantations opening nearby. We never thought that we would have such problems with Transnational Companies. On the other side of the river large areas of forest have already been stripped and replaced with oil palms no one has access to the area we couldnt even film with a drone as soon as we got near the plantation the signal was disrupted village life has changed in the past residents live from fishing and hunting now all the large animals have disappeared and there are a few of birds too instead theyve had an invasion of mosquitoes more than ever before better additional way of life has become impossible. We live from the land from Hunting Fishing and from the resources that a jungle has to offer. And people without land just doesnt make any sense. Now the village wants to have twenty thousand hectors turned into legally protected territory but the initiative has earned them Death Threats the danger is very real just a few months ago six foreigners were found shot to death so far no one has been held accountable for their murders. But how do you think its large corporations get their hands on thousands of hectares of land seemingly overnight the anticorruption group poetica has examined the land deals and documented their findings. Now staff from connecticut have come to him and corruption among local officials. Have long been rumors about this but there wasnt enough evidence to be able to say definitively yes its true. Gathered all the available documents and carried out numerous interviews many of the deals reached in this region are linked to check. He is now being investigated by state prosecutors the now Group Companies have stripped thirteen thousand hectors of rain forest to make way for palm oil and cocoa plantations they were helped by corrupt local politicians who invalidated existing land rights affectively taking the land from its owners. Weve come to culpa the capital of the region where were meeting to farmers they agreed to speak to us in the protected environment of a hotel in two thousand and fourteen regional authorities appropriated their land now theyre all palms growing on it and. When i went to the police there was suddenly an attack they were trying to kill me. Despite the intimidation tactics the Legal Proceedings are continuing the authorities have visited the land but theres been no progress the farmers are now hoping for outside help. Things will improve. The. International organizations will get involved. In the conservation groups who will be able to do something. He said that the farmers have lost faith in their own state and local government. Is heading to the Regional Directors office which is responsible for awarding land Rights Police are following up on over one hundred complaints against the official the atmosphere is tense the director has the entire conversation recorded he insists that he has stayed within the law. I always say this is a statement of faith because im a christian only the truth will set me free nothing else. Addresses the demands of the Indigenous People for more land the director says there are enough protected areas and the remaining land needs to be turns to profit. When you say these areas are poor thats clearly contradicting your argument yes they are poor thats why we need to find new ways of developing numbers. But the money made by the Palm Oil Plantations does not benefit the local Indigenous Community back to santa clara. Village elders tell us that a few hours after we left and was sent out to patrol the edge of the village yet another form of intimidation local residents will need to keep up their fight if they are their way of life in future. Thats all from us today but were always delighted to hear from you so drop us a line by email or on facebook. Society see you next time bye for now. The book. On. The but. His favorite thing is pleasing dogs with magic tricks now packers justice astonished. Humans from. The moment. Thirty minutes. More. The beam a mountain sixty eight and ill try and go to the wall of. The book comes germany showing me if it wasnt honestly dusty. Full of stupidity enslin. They demanded nothing less than a whole society. Wide maelstrom of concern young muslims play out to those who were remember them. For the first time i had a feeling of the pomp of some other lives the civil rights the Peace Movement and Womens Movement plan. Nine hundred sixty eight. 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