First person: My caste privilege in India blinded me to the reality of racism in the US

Ignorance is often bliss, but sometimes it is nothing short of a crime.

Mauktik Kulkarni

· Jun 04, 2020 · 07:30 am

What India really needs: A mass uprising to ensure inclusive economic growth

The focus on the country’s middle class ignores the problems of the millions in the informal sector.

Rohit Shenoy

· Feb 21, 2020 · 06:30 am

Oxfam report: Wealth of India’s richest 1% is four times more than total held by 70% poorest

Flagging ‘sexist economies’, the report pointed out that it would take a female domestic worker 22,277 years to earn what a top executive makes in a year.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2020 · 10:10 am

How a radical legal ideology gave rise to economic inequality in the US

The law chooses where and how it will limit market competition and those choices can magnify inequalities in economic power.

Sanjukta Paul, Aeon

· Jun 24, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Oxfam inequality report: Wealth of Indian billionaires grew by Rs 2,200 crore a day in 2018

The study showed that the country’s top 10% holds 77.4% of the total national wealth, while the bottom 60% has just 4.8% of it.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 21, 2019 · 11:43 am

World Economic Forum ranks India 62nd out of 77 emerging economies on inclusive development

Pakistan, China, Russia and Brazil have all been ranked above India.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 23, 2018 · 03:21 pm

The world’s richest 1% got 82% of the wealth that rose in 2016-’17, says Oxfam report

Of the total wealth generated in India, 73% went to the richest 1% of the population, the study found.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2018 · 05:30 am

India’s rising inequality is taking the shine off its growth story even in the world’s eyes

India has attracted negative attention in recent years as the second most unequal country in the world, after Russia.

Riaz Hassan

· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Latin America has lessons for the world on how to tackle income inequality

How did Latin American countries buck a global trend?

Alice Evans, The Conversation

· Dec 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Four charts show India’s rich are getting richer, the poor poorer

Wealth inequality may be at its highest since 1922.

Nupur Anand, qz.com

· Dec 17, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Orwell’s views on wartime rationing during British Raj could help solve global inequality today

The popularity of rationing proved that, with the right incentive, the citizens of the more prosperous countries were willing to live on less.

Bruce Robbins

· Dec 15, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Inequality is now a prime concern for top economists – and they feel universal basic income may help

Inequality was the hot button issue at the triennial meeting of the world's top economists.

Steve Schifferes, The Conversation

· Sep 03, 2017 · 11:30 pm