When economies boom, the gains rarely trickle down. Around the world, the top one per cent surges ahead while the bottom half ...

A system of inequalities is a set of two or more inequalities involving the same variables. The solution to a system of inequalities is the set of all points that satisfy all the inequalities in the ...

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Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

The only way to beat climate breakdown and deliver social justice is to radically reduce inequality. This briefing paper reveals the catastrophic climate impacts of the richest individuals in the ...

How do minimum wages affect earnings inequality in countries with large informal sectors? I provide reduced-form evidence that the 2000s minimum wage hike in Brazil raised overall inequality by ...

BENGALURU, June 20 (Reuters) - The Indian economy is likely to remain the fastest-growing major one in coming years, but a majority of independent economists and policy experts polled by Reuters are ...

Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century, and the pandemic continues to make ...