Inequality is the root of social evil,” according to the late Pope Francis. The French economist and inequality scholar ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz is chair of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality. Imraan Valodia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

Every child is able to say what being fair means. The moment things are not shared equally, the cry of “It’s not fair!” can ...

Across the arid pampas of Tarapacá and Antofagasta, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Chilean nitrate ...

First they came for the farmers, but I did not care because I was not a farmer. Then they came for the jobs of minority groups, but I did not care because my job was still secure. Then they came for ...

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In a session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues convened by the World Uyghur Congress, with the participation of the ...

A Sheffield councillor has decried the “mess” surrounding the Budget including leaks and government U-turns and called for ...

American democracy seems to be falling into an ever-greater crisis, with public approval of our political institutions ...

As President Donald Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his second term in office, the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman sit down to ...

The decades following World War II were broadly prosperous, but conditions began changing in the 1970s. Class inequality has ...

California is preparing for a 2026 ballot fight that could redefine how the state treats extreme wealth, pitting a one-time 5 ...