AI could widen the wealth gap Artificial intelligence could be the great equalizer or just another tool for the rich to get richer Salon · Feb 18, 2025
How to be happy with what you have – and avoid the trap of comparison In many ways, I feel like we shouldn’t be happy with what we have. We live in a world of tremendous inequality and cruelty, running towards an environmental wall. Not just that, but some of the best people I know are chronic persistors: they know how not to accept the… The Conversation · Feb 18, 2025
The Guardian view on Britain’s broken economy: ‘That’s your bloody GDP, not ours’ Editorial: Despite growth in 2024, living standards fell. Inequality, weak public investment and government cuts threaten prosperity. Labour must offer voters something different The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025
Call to bring back inheritance tax to tackle wealth gap Inheritance taxes are economically efficient and reduce inequality between those who work for an income and those who earn income from wealth, economists say. AAP · Feb 13, 2025
A new report card shows inequality in Australia isn’t as bad as in the US – but we’re headed in the wrong direction It’s hard to remember a time the United States seemed as tense and divided as it does today. That should serve as a stark reminder of just how important it is to monitor the health of our own nation. The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025
Tackling child poverty in Britain must be made a priority Letters: Andrew Forsey highlights a simple policy change that would provide much-needed meals, while Stewart Lansley says poverty and inequality are umbilically linked. Plus a letter from Jess McQuail and Kartik Raj The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it History has shown us again and again that, so long as inequality goes unchecked, no amount of technology can ensure people are well fed. The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025
OpenAI boss Sam Altman says human-level intelligence is coming – and it won’t be fair AGI could supercharge wealth inequality and be used to ‘control the population through mass surveillance and loss of autonomy’, tech CEO says The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025
‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
Open letter to Democrats: What's next? We can bring the party together — and win — if we're willing to address inequality and advocate for radical change Salon · Feb 9, 2025
New report card on American well-being finds U.S. is 'so wealthy but so unhappy‘ The economy is ‘really the only area where we are excelling,’ authors of the report wrote The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
Black people in England eight times more likely to be hospitalised with lupus Exclusive: Experts say ‘stark’ inequality with white people could be a result of delayed diagnoses The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025
Women face new battles once they reach the boardroom The perception that women are more emotional, sensitive and empathetic towards others is contributing to gender inequality in the boardroom, research suggests. AAP · Jan 31, 2025
How Australia’s ‘unfair’ dental system – and the way $1.3bn is spent – is driving inequality and leaving millions of people behind Half of all government spending on dental care goes to private insurance rebates – meaning those without often skip treatment until things get worse The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025 AI-based automation of jobs could increase inequality in UK, report says Government intervention key to supporting businesses through transition, research by thinktank suggests
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 Nearly two-thirds of Britons say very rich have too much influence on politics Opinium survey of 2,000 adults found concern about the impact of growing wealth inequality in the UK
The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025 How global inequalities hinder climate action World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. One of their main goals is to align their responses to geopolitical shocks such as floods and wildfires that hamper trade, investment and more.
The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2025 What is an oligarchy and is Biden right to call it a threat to US democracy? Ultra-rich individuals are associating with Donald Trump as he ascends to the presidency for his second time
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025 Trump threatens a global trade war. Europe must unleash a radical alternative Unlike tariffs, a new form of protectionism could target climate-wrecking, untaxed corporations and their billionaire owners
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025 Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals
The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025 The Trump revolution: where it came from and where it’s going As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, the world is preparing for the beginning of the second Trump Revolution. Trump’s second term will be very different from his first, when his powers were more limited and restrained. In 2016 he did not win a majority of the popular vote.
The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025 Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality is sharply on the rise.
Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025 The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre review: this meditation on inequality and reality is an angry shout of a play 3/5 There’s life and humanity in Jean Genet’s depiction of two murderous servants – even if it does veer towards farce and caricature
The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025 Let’s champion our mentors as well as sport’s trophy-winners in 2025 Away from the spotlight sportsmen and women are helping tackle disadvantage and inequality and can have a huge impact
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025 Turnout inequality in UK elections close to tipping point, report warns IPPR says elections could lose legitimacy because of falling turnout among groups such as renters and non-graduates