COMMENT | Hardening inequality is our biggest scandal

COMMENT | Is it any wonder that we’re becoming increasingly frustrated and filled with animosity as a society, when we can’t seem to get unstuck no matter how hard we try?

Even in our most economically developed cities, people who give out so much of their day to make a living find it a struggle to make ends meet.

You can do all the right things: study hard and earn your degree(s), devote most of your waking hours to your job, and even run a side gig in between, and it is still difficult to afford a decent quality of life.

Social mobility, or "improving one’s station" to use the archaic phrase, is even more of a dream. Meanwhile, those fortunate enough to be born "comfortable" can afford to take risks (or fall sick) with little worry and reap the rewards of the opportunities that wealth affords them.

This inequality of opportunities and the reasons they exist need serious concern. After more than a half-century of independence, and many years of expansive GDP growth and government plans, why do many still feel (and are) left behind...