Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management are organizations that pay close attention to what are known as High Net-Worth Individuals–people with more than $1 million available for investments (essentially $1 million in cash). The two organizations often poll their clientele and the results of the most recent poll are quite interesting. They asked 4,500 HNWI individuals the following question: “To which of the following issues are you currently allocating wealth, time or expertise?” The results demonstrate a lack of interest in economic inequality and civil rights.
How important is credibility in world affairs? According to a leaked secret recording of the Polish Foreign Minister, it is extremely important. Poland is quite concerned about Russian activities in Ukraine, and profoundly disappointed in the US response to the provocations. According to the transcript, Foreign Minister Sikorski said that “the Polish-US alliance isn’t worth anything.” He also made other comments that are significantly more insulting and disparaging.
In addition, Egypt delivered a stinging humiliation to US Secretary of State Kerry. Just hours after Secretary Kerry warned the Egyptian government about violating freedom of the press by charging three Al Jazeera reporters with criminal violations, the Egyptian government sentenced the three to long prison terms. The timing of the sentencing, while Kerry was still in Egypt, was a sharp reminder of the lost influence of the US in the Middle East as a whole. The insult wounded Kerry just as he was preparing to go to Iraq to encourage Prime Minister al-Maliki to step down.
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I would assume that the demographic of HNWI is highly dominant by males, so it doesn’t surprise me that income inequality and gender inequality comes in last (as well as society and work). I am, however, surprised to see that animal welfare and wildlife and ecology came before human rights.
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