What actions should governments need to take and how individuals can contribute?
The reason why the rich becomes richer is they rob the middle class every single day. Media sells overpriced trash and they are so good in establishing that it is a needs. The middle class loves to buy frm the rich instead from the poor. As a matter of fact, in any country, the middle class would definitely prefer burgers from McDonald's rather than a local sole vendor.
The middle class will always be the game-changer. As soon as they change their buying psychology, instead of buying preppy accessories they can buy local merchandise - they can actually make these poor; middle class. And once every middle class refrains from supporting the rich, there would be a REVOLUTION. A perfect kind of REVOLUTION.