Some are more equal than others
There’s more to extreme wealth than first appears. Mark Thomas points it out. We are all used to inequality. There is inequality of height, weight, shoe size and just about …
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Seen but never heard
Caroline Knowles takes a look at the life of the modern-day Jeeves. The World Wealth Report (2021) reveals that the UK’s High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) – those with more …
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Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
From the publisher: FINANCE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE. It’s 2021. The modern world is still rigged unfairly in men’s favour. Exploring injustices from pensions to boardroom bullying, Annabelle Williams, former …
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South Korea’s Vision for a More Inclusive Pandemic Recovery
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the globe has left worsening inequality in its wake. The gap between the “haves” and the “have nots,” which was widening before the pandemic, has further …
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Share the Wealth
From the publisher: A new perspective on the neoliberal world through the prism of rents and rentiers How can we reduce inequalities? How can we make work get better recognition …
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No trickle-down: Tax cuts for rich fuel inequality, study finds
Tax cuts for rich people breed inequality without providing much of a boon to anyone else, according to a study of the advanced world that could add to the case …
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China to overtake 56 nations by 2025 in per capita income surge
China’s surging economy is set to overtake 56 countries in the world’s per-capita income rankings during the quarter-century through 2025, the International Monetary Fund projects. By that date, China will …
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The Asset Economy
From the publisher: Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out …
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Wealth
From the publisher: Wealth has captivated people’s attention for centuries. Yet despite society’s fascination with the 1%, wealth accumulation has largely been neglected as a topic of social research, hidden beneath data …
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Richest 1% Of Global Population Causes Double CO2 Emissions As World’s Poorest 50%: Oxfam
Only 1% of the richest of the world’s population was found to be responsible for twice the amount of carbon dioxide emissions as the poorer half of the world between …
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