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How has wealth inequality changed across Europe since the 2008 crisis?

The change in wealth inequality across Europe between 2008 and 2023 has been mixed across countries. According to a UBS report, it has sharply increased in some places, while showing modest declines in others.

Euronews

Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour

The discussions around the absurdly small changes to tax on superannuation should be the start to addressing the growing wealth inequality in this country

The Guardian - AU

You’re probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you’d have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway

How wealthy are you?

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Even Elysium’s director thinks his film is a mess – but a decade on, it deserves a second chance

Matt Damon runs around the US in 2154, when civil liberties are eroded, healthcare is for the rich and wealth inequality is soaring. But it’s sci-fi!

The Guardian - AU

5 Differences in Healthcare Access Between the Rich and Poor

In a nation with world-class medical innovation, the quality of care you receive can often depend more on your income than your illness. The gap in healthcare access between the wealthy and the poor is a stark reality that impacts everything from preventative screenings to life expectancy. While we might…

Clever Dude

10 School Policies That Would Spark National Outrage if Exposed

In the quiet corners of school board meetings and within the pages of dusty district handbooks lie policies that the public rarely sees—but if they did, there would be an uproar. Across the country, there are hidden school rules and administrative decisions that go far beyond lunch menus or tardy…

Everybody Loves Your Money

How England’s 18,000 playgrounds revealed the country’s inequality

New research has analysed data from playgrounds across England. Here’s what they found

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'Short Kings' Slam Tinder as Height Bias Feature Faces Backlash

Tinder tests a paid height filter, prompting discussions on bias, inequality, and how physical traits influence modern online dating experiences.

International Business Times UK

'The will to resist is in your hands': Final Fantasy Tactics director makes statement on the political backdrop of the original and the 'inequality and division' that persists today

With an FF Tactics remaster coming, designer Yasumi Matsuno recalls the economic disaster that shaped the original.

PC Gamer

"The will to resist is in your hands": Final Fantasy Tactics writer puts capitalism on blast as the strategy RPG returns nearly 30 years later to a world still filled with "inequality and division"

You dropped your crown, Matsuno-san

GamesRadar

We mapped 18,000 children’s playgrounds and revealed inequality across England

Outside of the home, public playgrounds are the most common places for children to play and the fundamental right of every child to play is even recognised in a UN convention. Despite this, there has been very limited research exploring inequality in the provision of playgrounds.

The Conversation

Young men on South Africa’s urban margins: new book follows their lives over 10 years

South Africa’s young people, aged 15 to 34, who make up more than 50% of the country’s working age population, bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. They have done so for more than a decade. Of this group, those aged 15-24 face the highest barriers to the job market, according…

The Conversation

Danish Mayors Revolt Against Plan To Raise Retirement Age To 70, Citing It's Cruel To Let Old People Continue Working

Danish mayors are opposing a new law that will raise the retirement age to 70 by 2040, warning it will harm manual workers and deepen inequality

International Business Times UK

Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility – wealth and inequality should be part of the new curriculum

Financial literacy will become a core element of the New Zealand social sciences curriculum for Year 1-10 students from 2027. But what is being proposed presents a limited picture of the factors influencing people’s financial wellbeing.

The Conversation

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Should Stay-at-Home Parents Get Paid by the Government?

Every day, millions of stay-at-home parents wake up early, manage breakfast, juggle laundry, play nurse, tutor, cook, chauffeur, and serve as round-the-clock emotional support—all without a paycheck. Their work is real, relentless, and crucial to the well-being of their families and society. And yet, stay-at-home parents remain one of the…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling

Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability

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53 Problematic Celebs People Forgot Were Horrible Human Beings

John Lennon. Musical talent aside, the way he treated his ex wife and Julian is appalling. And people let him off far too lightly for the break up of the band, blaming it all on Yoko Ono. He was a grown a*s man who could think for himself. Not that…

Evening Standard

Children’s Laureate calls for action over ‘indefensible’ reading inequality

All children and families should have access to high-quality books that are ‘representative of the contemporary UK’, a report says.

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The Guardian - US

‘We shouldn’t blow this one’: why Democrats have a chance to retake the working class

Joan C Williams explains how to win over voters – and shares a quiz that tells you whether you’re elite or not

Reason

The GOP Budget Is Big, Bloated, B.S.

Plus: A listener asks if the economic inequality data is bad.

The Guardian - UK

It’s not a rich list – it’s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ‘extreme wealth’

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as such, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation

Euronews

‘Inequality and infinite growth’: Canary Islands anti-tourism protests reignite amid record arrivals

Last year, locals held multiple protests to highlight overtourism’s strain on local infrastructure and housing availability.

The Conversation

What causes inequality in African countries? New book traces a vicious cycle

Inequality is a problem that exists in various forms in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Independent UK

True value of ‘bank of mum and dad’ for first-time buyers revealed in new analysis

Years of saving and thousands of pounds are saved with family support, researchers find

Evening Standard

Bank of mum and dad ‘helps first-time buyers purchase homes two years earlier’

The growing reliance on family support risks deepening housing market inequality, according to UK Finance, which carried out the analysis.

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