EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most and least at risk?
One in five people in Europe are in poverty, but the picture varies a lot by country and by region. Read the article HERE.
Poverty
EU politics
Olivier De Schutter – Eradicating Poverty: Growth Is Not the Answer
Distribution has to be at the core of any serious strategy to eliminate poverty in Europe. Olivier De Schutter was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the UN Human Rights […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – UK: still winter, no sign of spring
The UK is going from bad to worse in terms of the economy, poverty, welfare – everything. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The […]
Inequality
Paul Hickman, Kesia Reeve – ‘We’d just switch everything off’: six in ten social housing tenants go without essentials to pay rent
A sad indictment of 21st century England. Paul Hickman is Professor of Housing and Social Policy at Sheffield Hallam University. Kesia Reeve is Principal Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. Cross-posted from The Conversation The social […]
Inequality
Adam Tooze – Chartbook 330: Africa & absolute poverty in an era of polycrisis
The reduction in global absolute poverty has stalled. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Michael Roberts – Measuring global poverty
How you measure extreme poverty is a major determinant in whether you think we are getting close to eradicating it or not. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted […]
Austerity
Yonatan Berman, Tora Hovland – The cost of austerity: How UK public spending cuts led to 190,000 excess deaths
When will politicians learn that austerity kills? Yonatan Berman is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute […]
Climate Crisis
Jodie Keane – New EU trade rules could put poor countries in a billion dollar ‘green squeeze’
A series of new EU rules are set to increase costs for global south companies when exporting to Europe, an approach which is supposed to tackle climate change but may simply increase poverty. Jodie Keane […]
Finance
Euronews: Low-income Europeans face hard times in housing cost struggle
“ECB research shows that more than one-fourth of low-income households expect late payments on their mortgages in the coming months.” In EuroNews. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Oxfam – A wealth tax on EU multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise 286.5 billion euros each year, 40% of the EU’s recovery fund
As the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, a new Oxfam report on inequality reveals an incredible growth in inequality in the EU. Cross-posted from the Oxfam website The EU’s five richest billionaires increased their […]