Crumbs!
Not heard of Cakeonomics?
Cakeonomics is a simplified, quick and sometimes fun approach to economics and its connections with everyday life. It uses the metaphor of cake in an effort to make Economics more accessible and attractive, so that more of us can ask better questions about it and be sharper at assessing any answers. We need stronger, more confident knowledge to better analyse and help address the problems of our times, which are also likely to be the problems of our children and theirs.
Your piece of cake depends on various factors. Two crucial factors are the size of your slice and the size of the cake from which your slice comes.
Here’s some data and information about the global economic cake:
The richest 1 per cent increased its income by 60 per cent in the last 20 years (1992-2012) with the financial crisis accelerating rather than slowing the process.
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