The Federal Reserve’s prolonged policies of near-zero interest rates and asset purchases have further widened the already large gap between the
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Dispatches: The Path to Prosperity Is Blue
HOW can America’s leaders foster broad prosperity? For most Republicans — including Donald J. Trump — the main answer is
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The Ugly Truth About Age Discrimination
“So then the headhunter said something that took my breath away,” said my caller, Philip. “He told me that his
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Tackling health inequalities: Reformers must check the evidence
“The poor are always with us”, and in recent decades the gap between the haves and the have-nots in Britain
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Giving birth in Guinea: a life or death lottery bereft of midwives and medicine
A baby was born, took one breath, then left the world again. No amount of the midwife pumping his legs
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Universities remain a hive of inequality – they must do more to attract the excluded
The higher education sector in England has gone through some major changes in recent years, from the 2012 rise in
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Free education comes at the cost of equality
University students have scored some massive victories since “fees must fall” entered South Africa’s lexicon. They have secured more government
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What Gender Pay-Gap Statistics Aren’t Capturing
In discussions of the gender-pay gap, there’s one counter-argument that comes up a lot: The gap isn’t real, because after
Read moreThe Matter of Social Inequality
The Matter of Social Inequality Once industrialization took place and productivity increased, we have been able to enjoy material abundance.
Read moreGeographical Inequality in China
China is a broad country, with hundreds of thousands of cities. However, there are huge differences between cities along the
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Britain’s divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality
The statistics are stark: boys are slipping behind girls in 11 out of 13 learning categories by the age of
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New Spanish Bar Fights Ageism By Only Hiring Waiters Over 50
When you walk into a trendy new bar, you might expect to see inexperienced servers and a hip, youthful atmosphere.
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Pay secrecy lets employers get away with paying women less
It’s International Women’s Day and again we lament the pay gap between men and women. In Australia, the gender pay gap
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Groups Unite Across America to Protest Police Shootings
WASHINGTON — A coalition of black racial-justice organizations started a series of coordinated demonstrations in more than a dozen cities
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The Ace We Need For An Equal Future
If the Australian Open has taught us anything, it’s that athletic performance is priceless. For two weeks every January, fans
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If women want to reduce the gender pay gap, they have to fight for it
Men out-earn women by more than $27,000 a year. That was the finding of Workplace Gender Equality Agency data released this week.
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‘Blacks for sale’ online ad sparks outrage in Brazil
Rio De Janeiro – A shocking ad on one of Latin America’s biggest online marketplaces, offering “blacks for sale for
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Kingston to tackle race inequality with council scorecard
Empowering people is central to our mission and vision in Kingston. We are always looking for new ways to improve
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PAHO launches new commission on link between inequality and health
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that it
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In the modern workplace, age 50 is considered old
Breaking through the glass ceiling is relatively easy. I did it almost 20 years ago. But no one told me
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Gender equality: more than half of women fear their gender will hurt their career
More than half of female students believe gender may hold them back in their career, a study has found. Only
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What’s Driving Inequality: CEO Pay or Company Success?
Income inequality has often been attributed to top executives reaping a windfall while their workers’ pay stagnates. As my Capital
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Our health care system is also a major cure for inequality
The Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) on Tuesday released a new study on the impacts of Canada’s publicly funded health care
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Jack Monroe: ‘I want to be treated as a person, not as a woman or a man’
It was only three years ago that Jack Monroe burst into the public consciousness. She was 24, a single mother living in
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Scrap school admissions policies based on postcode – they entrench inequality
Why are pupils from disadvantaged families more often found studying in poorly performing schools? Is it the choices their parents
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‘Rich-poor’ cancer gap persists
Each year 5,600 people in England miss out on having their cancer diagnosed at an earlier stage because of social
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Black activists hope killings prompt more action from whites
New York – Since the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement three years ago, many white Americans have wrestled
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Which States’ Tax Laws Widen Inequality
The federal tax code reduces income inequality significantly, taking more from the rich than it does from the middle class
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CULTURAL INEQUALITY IN THE U.S.
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Charles Murray discusses the emergence of what he refers to as “cultural inequality” in
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Why It Matters When Hollywood Actresses Talk About Pay Equality
This week everyone was talking about “House of Cards” — not because Netflix just dropped a new season on us,
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