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Verónica Paz Arauco

Bolivian researcher and economist specializing in development and inequality. Currently focused on economic, fiscal, and social policy trends and solutions for a common agenda promoting equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Works at Oxfam for LAC.

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How much wealth concentration can democracy withstand?

Extreme wealth concentration not only deepens inequality, but also threatens the very survival of democracy by turning political power into a privilege of economic elites.