Economic inequality

Woman in PPE holds up a vaccine

Global economic inequalities could grow worse with a vaccine for COVID-19

Economics

If you thought you lived in an unequal world before the global pandemic, it’s becoming increasingly clear our already unequal society will become more unequal.

Wages for American workers are ticking upwards, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations, and one with a weak social safety net compared with other Western democracies.

Wages for American workers are ticking upward, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations

US Senator Bernie Sanders holds a news conference after he announced his candidacy for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination in Washington on April 30, 2015.

What can a socialist candidate achieve in America? Bernie Sanders will find out

Global Politics
Five cent coins are pictured in the air in front of the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland, during an event organised by the committee that delivered 126,000 signatures to the parliament to propose a minimum monthly disposal household income of CHF 2,500

$2750 a month for every adult, guaranteed? Switzerland’s considering it

Study find certain U.S. regions can keep poor people poor

China’s new leadership faces challenges in the new year

China has become the largest trading partner for much of the world. Though, and perhaps because, China is in a position of economic power, income inequality and migration have become large problems for the country’s new leadership to address.

GlobalPost report finds income inequality, a global problem

By using the GINI coefficient as a measure of inequality, the GlobalPost has mapped and compared cities across the world that are struggling with income inequality. In two cities across the world from one another, the findings were remarkably similar.

Commentator says fiscal cliff negotiators are leaving poor behind

Global Politics

Now more than ever there’s a need to set partisan differences aside to address the number of Americans living in poverty, activists say. But with no representation for the growing number of people falling into poverty, some are calling fiscal cliff negotiations a threat to our democracy.

Wealthiest Americans see precipitous decline in incomes — still dominate

Economists are also studying whether the dramatic concentration of wealth at the top is an indication of an economic collapse, a cause of an economic collapse or just a mere coincidence, as they study the concentration of wealth now, compared to 1928.

President Obama’s International Argument Against Rising Income Inequality

Conflict & Justice

President Obama is scheduled to give a speech tomorrow in Illinois addressing the US economy. Home prices, stock prices, and retail sales are all on the rebound. But the gap between rich and poor continues to widen.