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economic inequality

  • How the ‘degrowth’ movement ignores the needs of developing countries

    How the ‘degrowth’ movement ignores the needs of developing countries

    Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch, The Conversation Birte Strunk, The Conversation
    · Feb 17, 2025 · 10:00 pm
  • In charts: Four new billionaires per week, number of people living in poverty unchanged since 1990

    In charts: Four new billionaires per week, number of people living in poverty unchanged since 1990

    Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Jan 28, 2025 · 10:00 pm
  • World’s five richest men doubled their wealth since 2020, says Oxfam report

    World’s five richest men doubled their wealth since 2020, says Oxfam report

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 15, 2024 · 06:07 pm
  • $1 trillion: That’s the amount of profits multinational corporations shift to tax havens in a year

    $1 trillion: That’s the amount of profits multinational corporations shift to tax havens in a year

    Ludvig Wier, The Conversation Gabriel Zucman, The Conversation
    · Mar 02, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • A city divided: Covid-19 reveals Mumbai’s faultlines

    A city divided: Covid-19 reveals Mumbai’s faultlines

    Murad Banaji
    · Aug 20, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • Watch: American wealth inequality among classes explained, using a dessert pie

    Watch: American wealth inequality among classes explained, using a dessert pie

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 01, 2020 · 07:35 pm
  • India is riven by stark inequality – but that is unlikely to galvanise a new transformative politics

    India is riven by stark inequality – but that is unlikely to galvanise a new transformative politics

    Ajay Gudavarthy
    · Aug 28, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • In charts: Indians have low upward mobility (and Muslims suffer the most), shows study

    In charts: Indians have low upward mobility (and Muslims suffer the most), shows study

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Sep 28, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Not just minimum wage: To reduce inequality, we also need to look at a maximum wage limit for CEOs

    Not just minimum wage: To reduce inequality, we also need to look at a maximum wage limit for CEOs

    Mark R Reiff, Aeon
    · Sep 22, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • Does the US have a caste problem? An Indian scholar thinks so

    Does the US have a caste problem? An Indian scholar thinks so

    Subramanian Shankar, The Conversation
    · Jan 29, 2018 · 01:30 pm