Survey: Majority of Lebanese Concerned about Economic Inequality
Concern about economic inequality runs high in Lebanon with 84 percent of Lebanese seeing it as a major problem, the Pew Research Center reports.
Across the globe, there is widespread support for free markets. Even though many people worry about the gap between rich and poor, majorities across the globe are willing to accept some inequality to have a free market system, according to a Pew survey of nearly 49,000 people worldwide .
But concern about inequality is highest in Lebanon and Greece — 84 percent in both countries saw it as a major problem — and lowest in Japan (28 percent).
The survey said 43 percent of Lebanese blame their government for inequality in the country.
It said people in emerging and developing nations are more optimistic for the next generation than those in advanced economies.
But in Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and Lebanon, roughly a third or fewer say the nation’s children will be better off financially than their parents.
The majority of the Lebanese also think their fate is out of their hands, said the survey.
Pew surveyed 48,643 adults in 44 countries in telephone and face-to-face interviews between March and June.
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