Is Terrorism the Result of Economic Dominance?

'Terrorism flourishes with global inequalities'. Throughout geographic history periods of extreme wealth and poverty have resulted in social arrest, conflict over land and resources and acts of violence. Is the current wave of terrorism a result of economic dominance?
'Terrorism is too anaesthetic a word. It is barbaric, brutal mass murder without justification...Terrorism can strike anyone, anywhere, anytime.' Prime Minister John Howard. 14 October, 2002. Any connection between poverty, education, and terrorism is indirect, complicated, and probably quite weak. …