Kumulacja prywatnego bogactwa w okresie pandemii koronawirusa jako wskaźnik globalnych zmian gospodarczych i politycznych
Accumulation of Private Wealth during the Coronavirus Pandemic as an Indicator of Global Economic and Political Changes

Summary/Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic has become a factor accelerating the erosionof the dominant position of Western countries, as well as increasing the polar-ization and fragmentation of world regions. In the context of these changes,the article recognized the accumulation of private wealth as an important indi-cator of global change. Its theoretical perspective is determined by the redefini-tion of the logic of state power and capital power, which in the period of coun-teracting the pandemic strengthens the role of governments in relations withthe wealth elite. It describes the distribution of wealth in the largest economiesof the world, its concentration in the highest percentage of the country’s popu-lation, inequality, changes in the directions of wealth distribution, together withan overview of the causes of this phenomenon. It concludes by commentingon some of the implications private wealth data can have for international rela-tions, capitalism, and elite research.

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