Empathy & Compassion

Empathy Can Make A World Of Difference

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The world is a rough place. People who should be able to get along often don’t get along at all. Empathy can help cure it of these disagreements.

There are all sorts of theories about why the world is the way it is today. Millions in the United States work full-time and are earning poverty wages. Global income inequality is rampant. According to Oxfam International the world’s richest 1% will own more than 50% of the world’s wealth by 2016. The simple truth is that it all boils down to a lack of empathy on the side of those who have the power to do anything substantial in the global market place. Why does that matter?


BY JOEL GRATCYK 

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