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)
Tag: inequality (page 2 of 3)
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 …
There is a growing attack on the entire idea of redistribution, with social benefits being decried as freebies even as the super-rich are praised as wealth creators.
An article by Jean Drèze
Who Is Afraid of Redistribution? | Economic and Political Weekly (epw.in)
Inequality was traditionally the central concern of economists—until it wasn’t. It may be time to re-read the classics.
Exactly what Branco Milanovic did!
Institutional and economic factors supporting workers are offsetting well-adverted global trends affecting wage distribution.
Wage inequality in Europe—and why it is falling (socialeurope.eu)
Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind the field’s resurgence in the last few decades.
The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies | The Nation
For those wondering how Oxfam arrives at its inequality statistics, here is their methodology report:
Davos 2024 Methodology Note.pdf (oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com)
Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people globally have become poorer. Hardship and hunger are a daily reality for many people worldwide. At current rates, it will take 230 years to end poverty, but we could have our first trillionaire in a decade.
The nex Oxfam Report!
Look at the charts of the World Bank: 2023 was noty positive at all. More poverty, more inequality, ‘development work more complicated’…
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