Story perspectives

UN Advocate Proposes Economic Overhaul to Combat Inequality

3/3/2026

Summary

Story summary

Olivier De Schutter, a United Nations figure, calls for restructuring the economy to prioritize needs of the poor over the ultra-rich.
De Schutter links inequality, ecological collapse, and far-right politics to an economic agenda.
In April, De Schutter will publish a roadmap proposing universal basic income and wealth taxes.
De Schutter seeks a UN body to oversee inequality, modeled on the IPCC.
The roadmap warns that failure could empower far-right populism.

1 of 1

Story summary

Olivier De Schutter, a United Nations figure, calls for restructuring the economy to prioritize needs of the poor over the ultra-rich.
De Schutter links inequality, ecological collapse, and far-right politics to an economic agenda.
In April, De Schutter will publish a roadmap proposing universal basic income and wealth taxes.
De Schutter seeks a UN body to oversee inequality, modeled on the IPCC.
The roadmap warns that failure could empower far-right populism.