株は 会社が事業のお金を あつめるために 国債は 国が足りない予算を おきなうために売ります 買ってくれた人ひとに 会社は儲けのなかから配当を 国は利子を払います Stocks are sold by companies t0 raise moneyto d0 business. Bonds are sold by governments t0 supplement their budgets. Companies pay stockholders a share 0f their profits. Governments pay bondholders in the form of interest. 0 3 7

There is on け one earth. げ a system were put in place f0 「 sharing even this small a portion of the world's wealth the world could be changed t0 a place where women, children, elderly pe 叩 le. disabled pe 叩 le. people with illnesses no matter where they were born would not be abandoned in the midst 0f poverty; a place where they. and their children. and their children ・ s children, could live in happiness. The world is a great ship. and cannot quicklychange its course. But ahead are giant icebergs. Hit one. andthe ship goesdown. Butthe ship has beguntoturn away. lfenough 0fus putourstrengthtogether sailing t0 a different destination. willbe possible.

いつほう豊かな国くにでは こんな人ひとが増えています At the same time there are. in the rich countries. more and more people like this. 今まで働いていた工場がなくなった 収入が半分になった 働く時間が長くなった 期限っきなと不安定な仕事しかない 自分は大学を出たのに 子ともを大学に通わせられない 資格をとったのに仕事がない 住んていた家を追い出された 病気になっても薬が買えない PeopIe wh0 had been working in factories, but then the factories disappeared. PeopIe whose wages have been cut by half. People whose working hours have increased. PeopIe wh0 have on ツ insecure temporaryjobs. PeopIe wh0 have been t0 college. but can ・ t send their children t0 college. PeopIe wh0 have licensed skills. but can ・ t find work. PeopIe wh0 have been forced out 0f their homes. PeopIe wh0 are sick. but can't buy medicine. 024

0 よその国のモノやサーヒスや 情報を買うために 人ひとは自分の国の通貨て トルやユーロを買います When pe 叩 le from countries With Other currencies want t0 buy goods. services 0 「 information from abroad they need t0 sell their own currencies t0 buy dollars or euros. 0 3 1

モノやサーヒスや情報は 国境をこえて売り買いされます そのため いくつかの通貨はそれそれの国の中たけでなく 世界中で使われますそのうち 44 % はアメリカドル 1 6 % がユーロ 1 1 % が日本円 6 % がイギリスポンド 3 % がオ - ストラリアドル です GOOdS, services and information are bought and sold across borders. That means some currencies are used not only in their own countries but are also used all around the world. 0f the money that crosses borders, 44 % is American dollars. 16 % is euros. 11 % is 」 apanese yen. 6 % is sterling pounds. and 3 % is Australian dollars. 0 3 0

世界のテとも第 100 人とすると 8 人が 家計をささえたり 親の借金を返すだめに働いています け think ofthe world ・ sßldren as belffg jus リ℃ 0 innumber, 8 ofthem. to helpSupport t eir famil ・ s 0 「 t0 help pay their famille"ebts are working. 小学校にうはすの 100 人のうち 9 人 は通っていません 中学校に通うはすの 1 OO 人のうち 34 人 , 。ていま芍を , F0 「 every 1 加 children 0f el mentary scbåolage. school 9 are not going F0 「 every 100 ℃ ildren 0 middle sch001 叩 34 are not t0 sch001. / 0 5 0

The riCh can alSO avoid taxes by moving their money outside the country. This method is used by both rich individuals and by corporations. S0 the amount 0f money each government is able t0 collect in taxes is reduced. This means that those governments have less money t0 use for public welfare. は S0 means that those governments must collect more taxes from ordinary pe 叩 le. The amount 0f money hidden away every year t0 avoid taxes might be 7 trillion d011ars 0 「 it might be 25 trillion dollars. 秘密なので よくわかりません NO one knows.lt's a secret.

お金のやりとりにはルールがあります 手に入れたお金から税金を払うのも 大切なルールです ルールをつくるのは政治の役目てす 政治家はほとんとの国では 人ひとが選挙で選ひます けれとたくさんお金をもっている人ひとや会社は お金のカて政治家を応援しますすると ルールはお金持ちにつこうよく 変えられていきます lnthe matterofmoving and making money. there are rules. 0ne important rule is that onthe moneyyoutake in you must pay taxes. The making of these rules is the job of politics. Politicians are in most countries chosen by the people in elections. But the rich use their money t0 support certain politicians. As a result, the rules are made so as t0 benefit the rich. 044

たとえは日本てはこの 1 5 年て 人ひとの賃金は合計て 1 2 兆円減りました 働く人の年収は平均 50 万円減りました 会社が貯めた儲けの合計は 2 倍の 380 億円になりました F0 「 example in 」 apan. over thelast 15 years the t0taI amount 0f wages paid out has gone down by 12 trillion yen. The average annual wage Of a working person has gone down by 500 thousand yen, while t0taI company internal reserves have doubled. and stand at 38 billion yen. 世界の大きな会社は 何カ国にもまたがって活動し 多くの国ぐによりも お金と力をもつようになりました The world ・ s great corporations spread their 叩 erations over multiple countries and have money and power greater than many countries. 0 2 9