Wealth Distribution
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Ahead of the budget, lessons from the Oxfam report on inequality and why the wealthy must be taxed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must not forget that reducing income inequality is a constitutional mandate.
Satya Narayan Misra
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Income inequality alone isn’t responsible for the global rise of populism
Support for populist parties has risen both in countries where inequality has been fairly stable and in countries where inequality has radically increased.
Brian Nolan, The Conversation
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Money makers: India will have nearly a million millionaires by 2027
Market research group New World Wealth predicts that the country will have 950,000 millionaires by that year.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?
Oxfam's latest report says that the richest 62 people own as much as the poorest 3.6 billion. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Eoin Flaherty, The Conversation
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Oxfam should beware idealistic solutions to complex problems
The leading charity pointed out this week that 1% of the world will soon have more wealth than everyone else. But any reforms still need to be considered carefully.
Hugh McLachlan, The Conversation