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Friday essay: how policies favouring rich, older people make young Australians Generation F-d

Working to buy your own home is a rite of passage in Australia, firmly rooted in a time when government delivered plentiful, affordable housing. Following the senseless poverty and destitution inflicted by price-gouging landlords during the Depression, we created a better, more equitable housing system after World War II.

The Conversation

Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians

Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or so. In large cities, investor ownership of condos and houses has attracted the attention of policymakers and the public at large, prompting the…

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Tackling the 15-minute cities conspiracy means fixing inequality

Under layers of misinformation, UK inequality is rising after decade of flatlining progress for most people

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Please stop blaming baby boomers for the woes of today’s younger generations

Letters: Responses to Polly Toynbee’s piece on intergenerational inequality from Nick Moss, Marilyn Sandy, Peter Riddle and Tom Cannon

The Guardian - UK

WASPI campaign vows to take government watchdog to court over 'serious' errors

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) says it plans to take the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to court over 'serious' mistakes about the injustice women born in the 1950s suffered

Daily Mirror

3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

Elise, a nursing student at an elite U.S. university in the Northeast, found herself back home and sleeping on the floor of her parents’ one-bedroom apartment after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020.

The Conversation

Alan Kohler: RBA defence of interest-rate mallet highlights the truth about inequality

The first thing is that inequality is worsened by the responses to both low inflation and high inflation; it’s a lose/lose.

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US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence

Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore

The Guardian - UK

Biden taking new steps to address racial inequality in gov't

The White House says President Joe Biden is taking new steps to address racial inequality throughout the federal government

The Independent UK

WASPI West Lothian women continue their campaign for pension justice

Members of the WASPI West Lothian (Women Against State Pension Injustice) met with MP Hannah Bardell to voice their concerns over their unfair treatment

Daily Record

Faye Flam: Another sign of inequality: minutes spent waiting

We’ve waited far too long for a scientific study of waiting. From queues to telephone holds to waiting rooms, delays are all around us and they’re miserable. And according to new research just published in Nature Human Behavior, lower income people and Black people of all income levels get stuck…

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Invisible Trillions review: global capitalism operates beyond the rule of law and threatens democracy

Secrecy has become as important for corporations as transparent and taxable profits used to be, according to Raymond W. Baker in his new book Invisible Trillions. Global capitalism, he argues, operates beyond the rule of law. This contributes to extreme inequality that threatens liberal democracy.

The Conversation

Colombians march to support President Petro's social and economic reforms

Thousands of people took to the streets across Colombia's major cities on Tuesday to support economic and social reforms put forward by President Gustavo Petro as part of efforts to reduce poverty, exclusion and inequality in the South American country.

Reuters

Global inequality must fall to maintain a safe climate and achieve a decent standard of living for all – it's a huge challenge

Energy consumption is essential for human wellbeing, but there is enormous inequality in energy use worldwide. The top 10% of global energy consumers use roughly 30 times more energy than the bottom 10%.

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The Guardian - UK

My generation is sucking Britain’s young people dry. Why are politicians too scared to admit it?

The social contract between young and old is broken and inequality is out of control. The government must step in, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Wealth inequality across race: what does the data show?

While white households make 64% of the population, they held more than 80% of all wealth measured in assets in 2022.

The Guardian - UK

‘Bank of mum and dad’ stoking Britain’s rising inequality, warns report

Billions in gifts or loans given when children are in early adulthood and buying first home or getting married

WEKU

Black farmers call for justice from the USDA

Decades after a major lawsuit against the USDA, Black farmers still face inequality. They say not all settlements from the case made it into their hands, which has exacerbated debt and other problems.

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Analysis of UK income inequality 'reinforces that indy Scotland would be better off'

A DAMNING analysis of UK income equality "reinforces findings of whitepapers" that an independent Scotland would be better off ...

The Guardian - UK

The serious side of ‘mansplaining’ has been lost. That’s where the harm begins

The key context of the word inspired by my 2008 essay is that mansplaining is one part of a huge problem – of who gets listened to, and who gets believed, says writer Rebecca Solnit

The Canberra Times

'Why me?' gang rape leader asks amid warning of 'serious consequences' for justice

Saimoni Vunilagi's barrister says inequality in COVID-19 emergency laws left the man in "peril".

The Guardian - US

US experts warn AI likely to kill off jobs – and widen wealth inequality

Economists wary of firm predictions but say advances could create new raft of billionaires while other workers are laid off

The Guardian - AU

Waitangi Day celebrations struggle to mute politics in heated election year

Questions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches foreshadow a future in which relationship with Māori plays a central role

Fortune

Diversity, equity, and inclusion shouldn’t be the first casualties of hybrid work

Companies must remain vigilant in identifying new ways inequality may take root in a hybrid work environment.

The Conversation

Direct support to small scale farmers reduces poverty - what Zambia is doing right

Over half of Zambia’s population lived below the national poverty line in 2015. In rural areas, where 89% of households are engaged in agriculture, the poverty rate was even higher, at 77% of the population.

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