The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

In his 2024 State of the Union address, US president Joe Biden announced his plans for a bold set of tax reforms. Tax on corporations would go up. Deductions for high-income earners would come down. Tax breaks on corporate jets would take a hit. Low-income taxpayers would benefit, as would…

Electoral reform was the spark for unrest, but Indigenous protesters say they are fighting to correct years of widening inequality

While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term

Economist and author Phil Magness debunks a recent New York Times piece and shoddy academic work about the rich and their taxes.

It comes after a Work and Pensions Committee session with campaigners from Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) and the PSHO.

‘Overall... the picture is one of sustained inequality’ said the report’s lead author

NSSO fact sheet data reveals declining poverty and inequality trends, with varying estimates based on different methodologies.

South Africa will vote on 29 May – three decades after the end of apartheid. The African National Congress has been in power since then, but polls are predicting the party will lose its majority with many voters disgruntled by its failure to address inequality.

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister has crushed his challengers and is leaning into Islamophobia on the campaign trail to ensure a third victory, despite rising inequality