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If you’re in the 1% or middle class, inflation has actually made you richer, according to a top economist who’s been researching inequality for over 40 years

Yes, inflation is a tax on incomes, finds NYU’s Edward Nathan Wolff, but it also shrinks debt and can boost asset value, like that of homes.

Fortune · Oct 18, 2023

Inequality: troubling trends and why economic growth in Africa is key to reducing global disparities

Inequality remains on the top of the policy priority list for most countries in the world. Branko Milanovic, a leading scholar on inequality, recently delivered a lecture titled “Recent changes in the global income distribution and their political implications” at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Imraan Valodia asked…

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2023

Danny Dorling on hunger, heating and hope: ‘Britain has the worst stunted health in all of Europe’

Once, Dorling was viewed as a radical. Now his writing on inequality simply seems prescient. He discusses poverty, politics, and how we reached such a parlous state

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Central banks ‘risk global recession unless they relax 2% inflation targets’

Economic arm of UN says pro-growth stance needed, with interest rate rises increasing inequality

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

The dawn of domestic robots could dramatically cut gender inequality when it comes to household work

Domestic work is vital for society to function. Meals need to be cooked, clothes and homes cleaned, and people need to be cared for. These tasks take time and, generally speaking, are not shared equally within households.

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023

‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save 800,000 women’s lives every year, say health experts

Gender inequality and discrimination impede timely diagnoses and quality care for women around the world, says report

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023

Policy must tackle root causes of England’s record mental ill-health, says report

Coalition of experts publish action points including tackling inequality, poor housing and child poverty

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year

Gender inequality and discrimination impede timely diagnoses and quality care for women around the world, says report

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Australia’s wealthiest 20% worth 90 times the country’s poorest, new report reveals

Superannuation and property investment fuels growing inequality, with the richest fifth worth an average of $3.2m

The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2023

Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research confirms

“Class is the basis of British politics; all else is embellishment and detail.” So wrote Peter Pulzer, the former Gladstone professor of politics at the University of Oxford in the 1960s. Nowadays, however, it is age, not social class, that is the biggest demographic division in Britain’s electoral politics.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2023