How the G20 can lead the fight against global inequality

This month’s G20 Summit in Johannesburg marked several historic firsts. For starters, it was the group’s first summit in Africa, and the first to include the African Union as a full-fledged member. It also set less encouraging precedents: It was the first meeting boycotted by a key founding member, the US, on spurious grounds, and the first in which that same country tried to prevent the host from issuing a final declaration. Equally unprecedented was South Africa’s decision to ignore Washington and issue one anyway.

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