The United States has more economic inequality than other wealthy nations.
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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.
People who struggle with numbers are also likely to struggle in life, new research shows.
Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
When Joe Biden is the great hope for global change, it’s hard to feel overly optimistic.
Flattening inequality between and within countries could allow everyone a good standard of living within a liveable climate.
Whether the pandemic’s effect on inequality will be felt for many years to come will depend on the response.
With half the global workforce facing job loss, massive stimulus packages are needed to revive emerging economies and reduce mass unemployment, poverty and starvation.
Never mind the future – rich countries have already benefited from climate change, while poor countries have suffered dramatic economic losses.
We wear the evidence of extreme inequality – clothing made by workers in Bangladesh for 35 cents an hour. But we know how to reduce inequality – we just have to do it.
A critical review of research into inequality shows the formula for reducing it is surprisingly simple.
Global warming will be most noticeable where the weather doesn’t normally vary much, such as the tropics. But these places are also home to many of the world’s poorest and least culpable nations.
Inequality is decried at campaign rallies and in the global commentariat. But little is being done at any policy level.
Amid rising inequality, two inclusionary planning instruments are at work to combat it in Indonesia. But without better enforcement, their full benefits will not be realised
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Professor and Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor at the Robotics Institute and Deputy Head of School (Research) in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Associate Professor in Development Planning, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Behavioral Science, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability, University of Leeds
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Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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