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THE Great Piketty Tour has been and gone, leaving in its wake a huge paper trail of articles and columns;

If one were to measure an education system’s strength purely on access, South Africa would be a schooling success story.

In the column, Smallhorne called on the allegedly still-privileged whites of South Africa to heed warning signs of simmering discontent

WHEN crack hit America in the mid-1980s, for African-Americans, to borrow from Ta-Nehisi Coates, civilization fell. Crack embodied instant and

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most of the world’s richest countries failed to earn top marks on their progress

Here’s the good news After getting short shrift for years after the recession, families in the bottom 99% of earners

The Federal Reserve’s prolonged policies of near-zero interest rates and asset purchases have further widened the already large gap between the

HOW can America’s leaders foster broad prosperity? For most Republicans — including Donald J. Trump — the main answer is

The higher education sector in England has gone through some major changes in recent years, from the 2012 rise in

University students have scored some massive victories since “fees must fall” entered South Africa’s lexicon. They have secured more government

Why are pupils from disadvantaged families more often found studying in poorly performing schools? Is it the choices their parents

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Charles Murray discusses the emergence of what he refers to as “cultural inequality” in

TORONTO – A Twitter chat about sexism in politics is drawing attention to not only reports of gender inequality, but

The influence of student poverty on student learning is indisputable. International studies demonstrate that in every country, children from disadvantaged backgrounds are

In all the talk about income inequality, a more important kind tends to be forgotten: cultural inequality. But it’s finally

INEQUALITY, especially social and economic inequality, was put squarely on the international agenda when French economist Thomas Piketty last year

Well known economist Thomas Piketty’s visit to South Africa has left Matthew Lester with a lot to ponder. Piketty’s mantra says redistribution

The U.S. is facing an impending Social Security deficit. It’s a problem that presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

Each year, hundreds of thousands of students enrol to study at South Africa’s universities. Of the 60% of black African

The economic gap between the rich and the poor will continue to grow unless decision-making authorities of the world don’t

Johannesburg – Inequality is rising globally and social discontent is rising with it. This has brought a new focus on

Johannesburg – Thomas Piketty, the French economist specialising in wealth and inequality, said a lack of large-scale, forced land redistribution