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.
Poverty
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 […]
Austerity
Amy Brown: Having a single parent doesn’t determine your life chances – the data shows poverty is far more important
The right-wing press love to stigmatise single parenting but it’s not backed up by the evidence. Amy Brown is Professor of Child Public Health at Swansea University. Cross-posted from The Conversation Numerous research studies have […]
Inequality
Stewart Lansley: Poverty in Britain is firmly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality
Labour appear to have given up on tackling poverty and inequality before they have even got into power. Stewart Lansley is Visiting Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Cross-posted from The […]
Austerity
Polykarpos Georgiadis: In Greece, social despair is helping the rise of fascist conspiracy theories
Greece’s recent elections saw two new far-right parties enter parliament for the first time. Grinding austerity is not fueling continued popular resistance but the rise of conspiracy theorist cranks who promote war among the poor. […]
Economics
Davi Martins: For a World Without Hunger, We Need Food Sovereignty
While the world experiences a major hunger crisis, the 20 largest food corporations returned $53.5 billion to their shareholders in the past two years. Davi Martins is senior campaign strategist for biodiversity at Greenpeace International. […]