Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. Francisco Ferreira’s first exposure to inequality of opportunity was during his daily ride to school in São Paulo, Brazil, ...

The Covid–19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities across the globe, potentially undermining economic and political stability. Even prior to the pandemic, inequalities were high and rising in many ...

This graph tells you that the richest 1 percent has captured more than half of income growth during periods of economic expansion in the 21st century. If more people knew that, would they support ...

Until those inequalities are better identified, and their consequences better understood, it will be hard for programmes to meet people's real health needs. Now, for the first time, a new report from ...

The first wave of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic did not have much impact in India; it was the second wave that was the most devastating. It is now thought that 12 million people died in India during ...

The Value Gap is a MarketWatch interview series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on reducing racial and social inequalities. People who want to buy homes increasingly have ...

What would incomes look like for U.S. families today if the income distribution were the same as it was in 1979? Larry Summers recently made this really intriguing calculation in the FT. His ...

As the Paris Agreement on climate change is about to enter into force on 4 November 2016, don’t miss the opportunity to discuss climate change resilience and how this can help reduce inequalities in ...