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

· Yesterday · 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

'The surgical strike was not the one reported in the news': Watch P Sainath on media and on wealth

The senior journalist was speaking at the 22nd Annual Safdar Hashmi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 27, 2016 · 07:00 pm

Yes, India has massive income inequality – but it isn't the second-most unequal country in the world

Media misquoted the findings of a wealth-analysis report, which had actually found that India ranked 12th, not second.

Mayank Jain

· Sep 06, 2016 · 06:30 am

Four charts show how India lags in tackling inequality

Where India stands on education, employment, income and combating corruption as per the latest study by the World Economic Forum.

Mayank Jain

· Sep 08, 2015 · 05:30 pm