Rising inequality drives a global surge in cosmetic procedures, reshaping beauty standards and social competition.
Rising inequality drives a global surge in cosmetic procedures, reshaping beauty standards and social competition.
Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in
2024 than 2023. Five trillionaires are now expected
within a decade. Meanwhile, crises of economy,
climate and conflict mean the number of people
living in poverty has barely changed since 1990.
Interesting reflections on history, equality and inequality
Despite earlier income convergence among nations, many low-income countries (LICs) and people are falling further behind. Worse, the number of poor and hungry has been increasing again after declining for decades.
World Inequality Still Rising Despite Some Convergence | Inter Press Service
and why the US is not the greatest country in the world
There are good reasons why they do not want it!
and how to tackle?
Inequalities unmasked: disparities across the EU (socialeurope.eu)
Inequality has been falling across Europe. But a backlash driven by fiscal ‘discipline’ and ‘competitiveness’ could reverse that.
In difficult times, social cohesion has improved (socialeurope.eu)
Why inequality must go, fifteen years after Wilkinson & Pickett’s classical
From the UK, a New Reminder Why Inequality Must Go – Inequality.org
On Labour’s ‘deselection’ of a candidate who fights inequality …
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