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A continuous report looking at the problem of polarization caused by Corona 19, today (18th), we look at the problem of 'asset polarization'.
After the corona virus, the wealth gap between the rich and the poor has worsened as the assets of the high-income class have increased significantly through real estate and stock investment.
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I met a wealthy man and listened to the stories of high-income earners after Corona.
[Kim ○○ / wealthy (living in Gangnam-gu, Seoul): Change car… Cars are now more luxurious, Rolls Royce or Bentley, now Lamborghini... ] In
fact, the sales of premium cars have increased a lot since Corona.
[Kim ○○ / asset (Gangnam-gu, Seoul resident): Property overseas rather than in recent years and he downed it does not much like to share yirang luxury resorts ... others, with 20 billion won (villa in one)
income It is largely the same, but he said that there are many cases where assets have increased with stocks or real estate.
[Kim ○○/Assistant (living in Gangnam-gu, Seoul): Because apartment prices have risen a lot, and the assets I have have risen a lot… ] In
fact, apartment prices in the metropolitan area have risen 11% this year and 14% over the past year.
A similar story was heard at a famous PB center in Gangnam.
[Kim Hyun-seop / KB Securities Dogok Star PB Center: After Corona, not only stock asset prices but also real estate asset prices soared? The asset price seems to have risen.]
According to the SBS poll results, in the case of high-income earners with a monthly income of 7 million won or more, the proportion of those who answered that their income increased or did not change much despite the corona exceeded 80%.
When asked how they increased their assets, the first was real estate, the second was income growth, and the third was stocks and coins.
On the other hand, many of the low-income people answered that their life became more difficult as their income decreased and their expenses increased.
Nearly 80% of the respondents said that the gap between the rich and the poor has widened.
But what is more frustrating is that it is not easy to narrow this gap between the rich and the poor.
A Japanese restaurant in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
The owner of this store owes more than 80 million won after Corona.
[CEO Kim Jeong-hoe / Japanese restaurant: As we started again in step 4, this time (the number of guests) was threshing again. (About 80 million won in debt?) No. It's all gone now. Well, almost 7 million to 8 million won per month minus... ] It
is this household debt that experts are concerned about in resolving the polarization.
[Kim Kwang-seok Professor / Hanyang University Graduate School of International Studies. I think (because household debt) falling furniture, and furniture, serious four quarter March, 2021 points that can be linked to the quality level of the problem is the destruction of life captures the insolvency risk -
Real Estate A rise in price is also a major obstacle to resolving polarization.
[Professor Won-Jun Na/Department of Economics, Kyungpook National University: The problem of asset disparity is, after all, a housing problem. (To reduce polarization), basic efforts should be made to stabilize the real estate market.] As
polarization worsens, the vitality of the economy as a whole and the damage goes to everyone, experts say that various polarization measures, including tax hikes and welfare expansion, should be quickly introduced. point out.
(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang, Lee Seung-hwan, Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Jeong Young-sam, VJ: Jeong Han-wook, Writer: Lee Mi-sun, Lee Ji-yul, Lee Soo-bin, CG: Hong Seong-yong, Choi Jae-young, Sung Jae-eun, Jeong Si-won, Ahn Ji-hyun)