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Tag: Inequality

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

15/04/2022 - Leave a Comment

At the beginning of last year, 187 countries took steps to limit the export of plastic trash from wealthy to developing countries. It’s not working as well as they hoped. …

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Survey says billionaires ‘should pay for climate action’

06/01/202206/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Wealthy individuals must pay higher taxes to cover the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate breakdown, according to 70 percent of the public as revealed in a survey of …

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The child poverty rate in the U.S. is down

19/11/2021 - Leave a Comment

Inflation schminflation.   Amid all the bad news about prices going up—to say nothing of supply chain woes, a still-raging delta variant, and climate change havoc—there’s a ray of economic light. …

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Fraught G20 meeting highlights divisions

29/07/202129/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

G20 environment ministers in Naples, Italy, concluded a “hard-fought summit” yesterday, reports the Financial Times, which “at times appeared to be on the brink of disintegrating”. The newspaper continues: “In the …

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Global South countries come together

24/06/2021 - Leave a Comment

The Summit brings together Global South governments, political leaders, healthcare workers and vaccine manufacturers from more than twenty countries and follows criticism of the G7’s plan by U.N. aid chief …

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G7 Tax Reform

G7 Tax Reform for the 1%—Not the 99%

17/06/2021 - Leave a Comment

Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to develop healthier post-pandemic economies. This will …

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GDP growth masks inequality

GDP Numbers Not What They Seem

17/06/202117/06/2021 - Leave a Comment

GDP growth appears positive  The World Bank has added its voice to those predicting the global economy will recover faster from the pandemic than previously thought. According to its latest report, …

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Child labour on the rise for the first time since 2000

10/06/2021 - Leave a Comment

Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus …

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UK Housing market on fire, BofE Chief warns

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The UK housing market is “on fire” thanks to the extension of government tax breaks for homebuyers and increased demand from richer households with more savings following coronavirus lockdowns, the …

UK Housing market on fire, BofE Chief warns Read More
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Another IMF Loan Feared For Kenya

26/05/202127/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

Kenya is suffering from a financial crisis, and the government has invited the IMF back. But those who survived the IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment Programmes of the ’80s …

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