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Tyler Cowen: Fight poverty, not income inequality

Wealth and income inequality have recently gone down in the U.S. and other parts of the West, and the decline has been going on for the better part of the last decade. Yet it is not clear, to me at least, whether this is something to celebrate.

Tribune News Service

Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the nation, Census data shows

Atlanta has the highest income inequality among large U.S. cities, according to recent data from the United States Census Bureau. Driving much of Atlanta’s income inequality, experts say, is the city’s entrenched racial disparities which took root generations ago.

Tribune News Service

Income inequality comes for your health

Income inequality has soared with the pandemic, providing incriminating evidence that it kills

Salon

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Fire union set up sections due to ‘discrimination, harassment and inequality’

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has acknowledged ‘extremely alarming’ reported incidents of racism and misogyny.

The Independent UK

Beauty A.I. has inherent racial bias—but it doesn't have to

Because A.I. has been, historically, trained on non-diverse imagery and data, its ability to recognize darker skin tones is, at best, unreliable, and at worse, non-existent.

Fortune

Autumn statement is highly political compared to research on 'best' ways to fix public finances

The UK faces some significant belt-tightening following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, which announced spending reductions and tax rises of around £55 billion. Much research has been done into the best ways to do fiscal austerity in terms of reducing debt, avoiding economic damage and not exacerbating inequality. So how…

The Conversation

Racial inequality hard-wired into housing system in England, study finds

Researchers found black and minority ethnic people more at risk of homelessness and racist treatment from landlords

The Guardian - UK

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The concept of class is often avoided in public debate, but it's essential for understanding inequality

In Australian news, opinion and popular culture, the figures of the hipster and the bogan are everywhere. These figures are proxies for cultural, commercial and moral aspects of class, signalling differences in fashion, accents and tastes. Perhaps one of the most recognisable examples is the popular television series, Upper Middle…

The Conversation

Don’t panic about the birth of Baby 8 Billion. Before he’s 65 our numbers will be in reverse

We should not be alarmed at the rise in global population; it’s inequality, greed and waste that are the real problems of our age

The Guardian - UK

Raising council tax to fund social care will deepen inequality in UK, experts warn

Jeremy Hunt’s plans criticised for delay to reform, shifting burden to local authorities and ‘skewing the system’

The Guardian - UK

Animal Rebellion occupies Gordon Ramsay’s three-star Michelin restaurant

Protesters sat at tables in the Chelsea venue to highlight ‘perfect inequality’ of high-end dining

The Guardian - UK

The grotesque inequality embodied by Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg is a threat to democracy

Something’s wrong when basic infrastructure maintenance seems utopian, while the hare-brained schemes of tech oligarchs become routine

The Guardian - AU

Gender inequality is still rampant in the maritime longshore profession

Gender equality has made enormous strides over the past century. In Canada today, women participate in the labour market at much higher rates than they used to — there are almost 3.5 times more women working now than there were in the 1950s.

The Conversation

Children who feel poorer more likely to have mental health problems, major study finds

Inequality also leads to bullying, researchers say

The Independent UK

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Young people are giving up their dreams due to cost of living

The research raises concerns about the impact this will have on social mobility and inequality in the UK,

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South West Football League women's clubs investigated for 'inequality' after claims of sexism, racism

One of the country’s first female football leagues is ordered to investigate the treatment of female players across the competition, after the exodus of an entire women’s team following claims of racism and sexism.

The Guardian - UK

Child hunger highlights Britain’s gross inequality

Letters: Lewis Lesley, Liz Byrne, Jan Mortimer, John Thow, Jane Harding and Pete Lavender respond to the Guardian’s coverage of widespread hunger among school pupils

The Conversation

How businesses can collaboratively 'walk the talk' on social and economic challenges

Businesses are facing increasing pressures to tackle social and environmental challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality. However, most businesses are failing to meet these challenges head on, and governments have struggled to hold them accountable.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s living standards are going backwards, and it’s young people who will suffer the most

Wealth is becoming more concentrated among older Australians. Perverse, politically strategic policies are to blame

Daily Record

UK on brink of longest recession in history as Tories blamed for their 'disastrous economic record'

Labour and the SNP accused the Conservatives of leading the country through a decade of weak growth and inequality.

The Conversation

American workers feel alienated, helpless and overwhelmed – here's one way to alleviate their malaise

First it was the “Great Resignation.” Then it was “nobody wants to work anymore.” Now it’s “quiet quitting.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Asian Americans are making a big mark in Illinois politics

A long history of structural racial inequality blocked Asian Americans from political participation. With Tuesday’s wins, we’ll be able to advocate for our communities so that it will not be possible to make policies “about us without us.”

France 24

Film show: A return to 'Wakanda'

After the spectacular box office figures generated by “Black Panther” in 2018, the Marvel hit machine is hoping for similar success with its sequel “Wakanda Forever”. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us more about the franchise’s reach and the consequences for the industry overall. We also discuss “Riposte Féministe”, the…

The Guardian - UK

Rising asset wealth and falling real wages ‘drive inequality in Britain’

Young people no longer able to rely on hard work to improve their living standards as they age, says IFS

The Guardian - UK

Boys need to talk more about feelings and fight inequality, report says

The Global Boyhood Initiative aims to enable adults to raise boys to become men who embrace healthy masculinity

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