#Inequality

Ahmad Lashkaripour

ALashkaripour

[1/N] IMHO research may be lagging behind actual policy developments on this front. Until now, most research has shown that disrupting the global supply chain is very costly for aggregate

Wellcome

wellcometrust

We’re underestimating the true impact of #COVID19, says @JeremyFarrar. To understand it fully, imagine four ripples that flow from a stone thrown into a pond Right now we’re in

Mark Price

price_laborecon

In thinking about the proposal today to raise the minimum wage gradually to $15 by 2025 one thing that is important to keep in mind is the rise in inequality

Dr Rich Pancost #BlackLivesMatter

rpancost

Universities will never become equitable and diverse without confronting the myth of meritocracy.As a white, cis man working in a discipline where race/gender inequality is widespread, it would be willfully

DJ Walsh 🇨🇺 🧢

dj_breathnach

Only just caught up with this @RebootPod pod now. Excellent coverage on inequality in Ireland with @TASCblog , especially health inequality, which is often overlooked. It's amazing that 4 years

Stefanie Stantcheva

S_Stantcheva

[1/N] New paper! How well do people know their social position relative to others in society? How does their social position shape their views on fairness? Does their income history

Roman Elizarov

relizarov

Let's talk about the most important, yet often overlooked, factor affecting your life, how well off you are, what kind of job do you have, if any, whether you live

Salvadorean Poodle 🤪

Lizzy9839

I remember when the BLM movement first started, I didn’t understand and I was ignorant. I used to always ask myself, “Don’t all lives matter?”. I didn’t understand what having

Patrick Gagnon

patgagnon_75

If men in power truly wanted positive change towards inequality imo it would have happened already. It wasn't so long ago women didn't have the right to vote in Canadian

Marcel Fratzscher

MFratzscher

Our G-SOEP survey finds much higher private wealth & higher wealth inequality in Germany than previously known:Top 0.1% have 20% of all private wealth (prev. 7%)Top 1% have

Kyla Tienhaara

KylaTienhaara

Yesterday the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery released a preliminary report with recommendations for a #greenrecovery for Canada (read it here: http://bit.ly/2ZNwZhg ) A thread with a few thoughts on

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about technology and inequality.Many people just sort of assume that new technology will exacerbate inequality. But what if it does the opposite?https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-09/we-may-be

Adam Mahoney (he/him)

AdamLMahoney

Two days ago, groups of people were violently removed from homes owned by the State of California. The state displaced the original homeowners in hopes of expanding the 710 freeway.

Daddy P

BeKonscious

A couple of days ago a Black Barrister appeared on the Sky News programme BLM : Will Britain Change? She spoke about the shocking over representation of Black men in

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

Congress. Get a deal done. The evidence is in. Enhanced unemployment benefits didn’t deter people from work but did support spending. Without it, we are toast. We just lost $18b

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

From the global inequality files.Post-communist countries still tend to have lower inequality than expected based on their income (post-Comm=red; LatAm=green; West=blue). Saying that transfers from rich to poor countries are

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