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Are American Living Standards In Decline?

David Leonhardt and John Early debate stagnation, inequality, and how people feel about the economy.

Reason

Reeves’ income tax plan will hurt working people and increase inequality even more

Letters: Su Hardman on the news that the chancellor is expected to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds in the budget. Plus letters from Patrick Donovan, Prof Mike Stein and Michael Meadowcroft on Labour’s tax plans

The Guardian - UK

Tackling misogyny is vital, London mayor tells primary schools

Teachers offered training on running classroom sessions for children to learn about inequality and sexism

The Guardian - UK

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UK wealth gap surges by nearly 50% in under a decade, research finds

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer urged to end ‘moral outrage’ of inequality as charity warns UK wealth gap now only second to US among OECD countries

The Independent UK

3 Luxury Retail Stocks to Buy as High-End Spending Rebounds

The luxury retail industry’s robust growth is being fueled by the increasing dominance of high-net-worth individuals and growing wealth inequality. In this environment, purchasing luxury retail stocks like Dillard’s (DDS), Tapestry (TPR), and Signet Jewelers (SIG) could be a smart move as high-end spending continues to rebound. Read on….

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Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight – World Bank

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds

The Guardian - UK

South Africa’s unity government won’t dent poverty and inequality if it follows the same old policies – sociologist

A recent poll by the Social Research Foundation, a think thank, found that 60% of South Africans thought the government of national unity was working well. It also reported that support for the unity government’s anchor political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), had risen…

The Conversation

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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to trio for explaining global inequality

The prestigious award is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth $1.1 million

The Independent UK

Role Of Government, Poverty Research Tipped For Economics Nobel

Closing the season, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Nobel economics prize on Monday, with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.

International Business Times

Climate change: care for humans, other species and the natural environment is the key to a just transition

Communities across the world are facing two worsening crises: a climate crisis and a care crisis.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on inequality in the UK: what kids can teach us

Editorial: To get a sense of how unfair Britain is, consider the prospects for its children

The Guardian - UK

People don’t like a ‘white saviour’, but does it affect how they donate to charity?

Efforts to redress global inequality are facing an unexpected adversary: the white saviour. It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or North, need “saving” by a white Western person or aid worker.

The Conversation

Increase wealth taxes to stop rise of Reform UK, says ex-Labour minister

Liam Byrne has warned the chancellor that extra levies on the rich are needed to halt the rise of the populist right

The Guardian - UK

OECD comparisons reveal an unflattering picture of inequality in NZ – could that change?

Recent research showing the richest New Zealanders pay less tax than their counterparts in nine similar OECD countries raises, yet again, serious questions about wealth, equality and fairness.

The Conversation

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Targeted support could reduce infant mortality gap across England, study finds

Researchers say interventions could address key factors, such as smoking, but ‘structural changes’ also needed

Fortune

New study debunks employers' RTO argument that remote work entrenches inequality

A new equilibrium in the hybrid work space means in-office workers are getting pay bumps while remote workers enjoyed other benefits.

The Guardian - UK

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review – essential reading

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children

The Independent UK

Voices: Independent readers say Keir Starmer needs ‘time and space to clean out the Tories’ from government

Independent readers reveal hope for the future – with calls to address areas such as wealth inequality, repair public services and create closer links with the EU

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Head of United Nations calls global situation 'unsustainable' as annual meeting of leaders opens

The head of the United Nations is warning world leaders that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward “a powder keg that risks engulfing the world

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U.N. Chief Warns Of Unsustainable World Due To Impunity

The U.N. Secretary-General highlights the urgent need to address impunity, inequality, and uncertainty for a more just and secure world.

The Independent UK

Do we all want to date somebody ‘out of our league’? How online dating is contributing to income inequality

A recent study found that at least half of the rise in income inequality between 1980 and 2020 is attributable to changing preferences in the online dating scene.

The Conversation

College can be confusing for first-generation students – but it doesn’t have to be

In his new book, “Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education,” sociology professor Blake R. Silver examines some of many ways that college students can slip through the cracks at public colleges and universities. In the following QA with The Conversation U.S., Silver expounds on what…

The Guardian - UK

Nature, Culture, and Inequality by Thomas Piketty review – mind the gap

The author of Capital returns with a short book on inequality that asks big questions

Salon

Are sheriffs special? Not in a good way

Scholar Mirya Holman on "The Power of the Badge" — and how county sheriffs enforce American inequality

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