Page 4 - Inequality

Citigroup to set aside over $1 billion to combat racial wealth gap

Citi's statement comes amid a broader re-think of racism in the United States in recent months

Coronavirus reversed fragile progress on gender equality: UN chief

Although input prices rose at the sharpest pace in nearly two years, firms have cut prices of their goods for four months to boost demand

Working from home raises questions about US inequality - Fed panel

Surveys show that most want to keep working at home at least part-time even after the pandemic is over, and a recent survey by the Atlanta Fed shows firms expect that as well

Pandemic response in SE Asia must address rising inequalities: UN Report

UN has commended governments in southeast Asia for acting swiftly to stem the most serious health consequences of Covid-19 but highlighted the need to curb rising inequalities across the region

Covid-19 exposing inequalities; world at 'breaking point': UN chief

Antonio Guterres calls out 'lies that free markets can deliver health care for all, fiction that unpaid care work is not work'

Heads of state, chiefs to discuss Covid-19, climate at UN Leaders Summit

More than 20 UN agencies, funds and programmes will also showcase their work with the business sector

Why India's inequality is a policy choice, argues Capital and Ideology

In the debate over inequality, caste has played a key role. Instead, an ambitious agrarian reform, backed by a more redistributive tax system would have been more helpful, argues Thomas Piketty

India needs basic income scheme to make lockdown work, says Thomas Piketty

The French economist said that India has the potential to become the global democratic leader of the 21st century if it manages to address the issue of inequality

Inequality in the US-II

Analysis of education data confirms it has worsened

To tackle inequality, need to create jobs with reasonable income: Murthy

These USD 500 per year translates into around USD 1.5 per day or Rs 100 per day, in which these people have to eat, take care of health, educate their children and pay rent, among others, Murthy said

A wish for those born on the margins

India exists on so many levels that one runs the risk of generalisation

NSO's junked consumer expenditure survey shows inequality gap declining

Ratio of top and bottom 10% declined sharply to 5% in 2017-18 from 5.9% in 2011-12 in rural areas

How to end the billionaire raj? Thomas Piketty back with 1,200-page guide

The book is a sequel to 'Capital in the 21st Century,' which has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 40 languages since 2013, according to its publisher

Letter to BS: Inequality can have serious inefficiency consequences

Pranab Bardhan's essays are an excellent analysis of inequality

Does inequality matter when poverty is falling?

To moral and political philosophers steeped in the theory of justice, inequality in society may simply be ethically distasteful

India among group of governments that are fueling inequality: Oxfam report

The Oxfam index ranks 157 countries on their policies on social spending, tax, and labour rights