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MrBeast teams up with the Rockefeller Foundation to tackle global problems, sparking viral online reactions accusing him of joining the 'inequality machine'.

In the middle of the ongoing cost of living crisis, exorbitant displays of wealth are back. Since the beginning of his term in January, US president Donald Trump has been literally bringing the gilded age back to the White House.

This collection of macabre stories set across England explores class, hierarchy and the enduring nature of inequality

We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The…

Billionaire Lawyer John Morgan believes the growing gulf between rich and poor Americans poses the nation’s gravest threat, yet his approach to solving it sparked fierce pushback during a July appearance on Jubilee’s video series where strangers confronted him about his wealth.

Taking the easy but misleading route of blaming migrants for economic insecurity only serves to stoke the already smouldering fires of racism

It’s one of those phrases that pops up in online arguments, at family dinners, and in casual office chatter: “reverse racism.” The term feels punchy, like it’s pointing out some hidden injustice, but in reality, it’s a concept that does far more harm than good. While it sounds like a…

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty that said a 1% levy on the super-rich wouldn’t be enough to tackle Britain’s inequality

Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn’t countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body set up to assess the science related to climate change? The…

South Africa ends its G20 presidency this weekend with a two-day head of states summit focused on debt relief and global inequality – a meeting the United States says it will boycott. Pretoria says it has held talks with Washington about possible limited participation, but the White House insists the…

An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this has been set out by leading international institutions such as the International Labour Organisation, the UN Environmental Programme and the Network for Greening the Financial System.