How two Canadian teams of economists and epidemiologists studied COVID-19 from a social science perspective to show that higher national income inequality is associated with worse COVID outcomes.
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It will cost tens of billions of dollars to find and remove all the lead service lines that deliver water to US homes and schools. A public health expert explains why he sees it as money well spent.
As the year ends, New Zealand has done well in important global measures of success. But closer to home, the numbers often told a different story.
Southern California is on the front line of climate change, and recent survey data shows that residents are feeling its effects in many ways.
The pandemic has increased vulnerability and poverty for female-headed households more than for male-headed households.
Squid Game alludes to anti-worker violence that has permeated South Korean labour history, and reminds viewers of the need to overcome real inequalities.
Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
Britain’s economic system is built on inequality. Few governments have attempted to rectify this.
Many vulnerable people are unable to engage with their energy usage online, leading to higher bills and even debt and illness.
Smart cities’ focus on technology has made the digital divide worse, not better. The new infrastructure law could change that.
Properly engaged and monitored, Nigeria’s private sector can do more in COVID vaccination exercise.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act designates broadband internet access as an essential service and targets billions of dollars to close the digital divide.
School closures have immediate and long-term effects on students, both emotionally and economically. They will also have a ripple effect on a country and on income inequality.
What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.
Climate justice is about both where emissions come from and who suffers the consequences.
Even before the pandemic, access to arts programs and qualified instructors varied greatly among schools and districts.
Just like in real life, the idea that everyone in the game has a fair shot is quickly exposed as a fallacy.
The city’s government wanted the wealthy and overwhelmingly white areas of the city to subsidise the development of the poor and overwhelmingly black areas.
Major international donors, including the US and UK, are pledging to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, but they aren’t making the equivalent cuts at home.
Across the country, South Africans were stepping up to support one another in ways we have rarely seen.
Principales colaboradores
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Peter Whiteford es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW Sydney
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Epidemiology, University of York
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
