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The US’ exorbitant privilege has become a rich world privilege – New study calls for a reform of the international monetary system
Over the past decades the world has experienced a process of financial integration and capital liberalisation that has permitted an increase in foreign capital accumulation,
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Asset-price redistribution
Over the last several decades, there has been a large increase in asset valuations acrossmany asset classes. While these rising valuations had important effects on
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Paris Conference Calls for UN Tax Convention to Combat Inequality
200 economists, researchers and campaigners from across Europe and the world gathered in Paris on 14-15 March 2024 to discuss the impact of a
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Institutional and Political Factors Influence Long-Term Income Inequality in Eastern Europe in the XX Century: Lessons from Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe has undergone dramatic socio-economic and political changes during the twentieth century. This makes the region an interesting laboratory for studying inequality and political
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Top earners and the great compression in the US 1918-1949
Wage inequality in the United States declined substantially in the years surrounding the Second World War. This phenomenon stands out as a primary catalyst in
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Domestic resources insufficient to eradicate extreme poverty, international solidarity needed
The very first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) reads: “By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than
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Economic inequality in India: the “Billionaire Raj” is now more unequal than the British colonial Raj
Given its geographic size and population, now the largest in the world, the distribution of economic growth in India has significant implications for global inequality
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Bina Agarwal and James Boyce win first “Global Inequality Research Award”
In recent decades, the study of global inequalities has experienced a remarkable boom: economic, social and environmental inequalities have been the subject of a growing
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Seventy-five years of measuring income inequality in Latin America
Long considered one of the most unequal regions in the world, Latin America also has a rich history of producing statistics on inequality and poverty.
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