New research from the University of Lausanne finds that white Americans who live in places with high Black poverty are more likely to believe that racial inequality is the fault of Black people themselves—not the result of systemic barriers. These same people are also more likely to believe that racial equality of opportunity already exists. […]| The Horizons Tracker
Global equality and sustainability cannot be achieved until the dominant paradigm of greed, corruption, and deceit, which permeate all levels of governance and commerce, is overhauled. Dr Roy I Bhikharie [...] Read More... from Casting off the shackles of greed, corruption, and deceit: Recipe for a new world order The post <strong>Casting off the shackles of greed, corruption, and deceit:</strong> Recipe for a new world order appeared first on Research Outreach.| Research Outreach
1351 – 1165 BCE Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney, is a well-written popular account of the origin and spread of Indo-European and its branches, synthesizing historical linguistics and recent findings in genetics. I learned a lot from it. But inevitably, given the range of topics and disciplines covered, it makes […]| Logarithmic History
After 30 years of tracking and reporting national food insecurity data to the public, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will publish its last Household Food Security Report this month. Once this final report is released in October, the department will cease to collect food insecurity data going forward. The Trump administration has ordered [...] The post Trump administration orders government to stop tracking food insecurity appeared first on ParentsTogether.| ParentsTogether
New World A Comin…? The Political and Social Dimensions of Change and Crises Across A World without Boundaries Prepared for the Presidential Plenary session at the International Political Science Association World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 16, 2023 Good afternoon! Buenas Tardes! I will start by thanking IPSA and Professor Dianne Pinderhughes for the […]| The Standpoint
by Alix Underwood The world looked poised to end hunger in the mid-2010s, after decades of decline in the percentage of the population that is undernourished. People often attribute progress in the late 20th century to the technological advances of the “Green Revolution.” However, the revolution’s costs and benefits, and their distribution, are hotly contested. Many experts instead point simply to economic growth as the primary factor responsible for poverty reduction and, The post Has ...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
As the Trump administration’s repression increases by the day, Ralph Nader reminds us that we are not “nobodies,” and that together, with collective power, we can invoke serious change. Are you a worker? Yes. Are [...] The post Ralph Nader, Chris Hedges – It’s Time to Fight Back Against Trump’s Fascist Regime appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
True wealth lies in the freedom to roam, and the freedom to leave—and survive. (Hike down from Nasukoin, near my home in northwest Montana) “Oligarchy is based on the notion that those who are uneq…| Antonia Malchik
Hamish Coates, Ellen Hazelkorn, Hans de Wit, Tessa Delaquil, and Angel Calderon Hans de Wit, Ellen Hazelkorn and Hamish Coates are editors and Tessa DeLaquil is associate editor of Policy Reviews in Higher Education. Angel Calderon is a member of … Continue reading →| SRHE Blog
In charting Bangladesh’s remarkable progress on a range of social indicators since the 1970s, Naila Kabeer explores the critical role played by women’s agency. How were women able to challenge existing gender norms in the context of the “lived” Islam of their culture? What are the lessons of this episode – and what nuances are offered vis-à-vis the more “universal” path to progress and emancipation generally assumed by Western feminists?| From Poverty to Power
When the second Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) started gutting the IRS, aiming for a 40% reduction in its workforce, critics rightly anticipated that such actions would impact economic inequality. Trump, Musk, and the many other billionaires in the administration could sleep soundly knowing that the few remaining IRS agents would have […]| Articles – Contexts
Some doctors worry that cuts to Medicaid will leave rural families needing to drive hundreds of miles to get OB healthcare and give birth.| ParentsTogether
In Season 5, Episode 7 of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore—ever the ambitious Yale student journalist—follows whispers and cryptic clues to the Life and Death Brigade, a secret society of Yale’s wealthy elite known for their reckless, over-the-top spectacles. Her way in comes through Logan Huntzberger, the heir of a media dynasty and a core member […]| Minding The Campus
Paul Johnson, the director of the IFS, has an article in the Times (also available on the IFS website without a paywall) about how different ideas about fairness are behind some of our political di…| The Policy Sketchbook
Fossil fuels have helped Norway become one of the richest countries in the world, but political divisions over the future of energy policy and inequality are growing. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City [...]| Brave New Europe
After his family fled conflict in South Sudan, Peter Kidi was born in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya – where he has spent his entire life. Today, he writes powerful poems about life in the camp; poems that are, as he says, written ‘from the inside not as a subject, but as a witness and creator’. Now his work is winning international attention, notably a collaboration with the UK’s London School of Economics that will lead to a publication later this year. He speaks to FP2P about his...| From Poverty to Power
Want to connect with other researchers studying transformative organizations? Consider submitting to a new sub-track “Emergent Organizations: Creating More Participatory, Inclusive, and Caring Civil Societies and Social Economies” at Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)! Due to the pandemic, the 2021 conference will be virtual, spanning July 2-5, 2021. Joyce Rothschild, Victor Tan Chen, […]| orgtheory.net
Much has been discussed in the media about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; for example, to compensate for the absence of coordinated support, working mothers are carrying more caregiving responsibilities. However, the full range of externalities resulting from governmental and organizational decisions (or in the case of some governments, “non”-decisions which are decisions in […]| orgtheory.net
By Tanya Rajesh, Deputy Editor As I enter my final year of college, pursuing a degree in a subject which is typically male dominated, I feel a sense of paranoia settle deep within me. Everywhere I look, I cannot help but notice a distinct lack of women in the labour force. The global labour force […]| Arthashastra
If self-described progressives decry anything more fiercely than poverty, it is income and wealth inequality. Some have even suggested that they would prefer low-income equality to inequality, regardless of how affluent the lowest level was. What counts is the gap.| Free Association
This essay, on how class is a missing category in discussions of the justice system, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 16 March 2025, under the headline “Amid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class”. As so often in such debates, the controversy over new guidelines for courts from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales has obscured as much as it has illuminated. Critics have condemned them as presaging a “two-...| Pandaemonium
“But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little, and who talk too much.” –John Dryden. During the early 1960s, I was assistant editor of The […]| Columns Archives – The Independent
How should INGOs share power to work with others – and especially grassroots and community groups - to achieve a feminist economy that values all care work? Ridhi Kalaria and Silvia Galandini share insights from Oxfam’s influencing across the UK; from backing existing movements and investing in long-term change, to knowing when to step back. Illustrations by Sonaksha Iyengar.| Views & Voices
Some visualizations on one of the oldest questions in social science.| Family Inequality
50.2 – 47.6 thousand years ago Darwin was a liberal but his theories had consequences in some degrees inimical to traditional liberalism. The doctrine that all men are born equal … was incompatible…| Logarithmic History
Anat R. Admati reviews Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby.| ProMarket
In the Amazon, "clean" energy projects, including mining for transition minerals, are being greenwashed. Indigenous peoples are resisting.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Tamra Kaghembe discusses her experiences as a black student in the British education system, from the impact of prejudices on her and other students' self-esteems, to finding hope for the future. The post Why the British Education System Still Fails Black Students: My Story appeared first on The Culture Sift.| The Culture Sift
BLOG ALERT! | DIASPORIC CAPITAL: CANADIAN SEX WORKERS OF COLOR HACKING SEXUAL RACISM Dr. Menaka Raguparan examines how Canadian sex workers of color utilize diasporic capital to juxtapose dominant …| Gender & Society
Thatcherite narrative on wealth creation has gone unchallenged for decades.| Evonomics
Story of an early Christian leader who denounced wealth—before the church adopted the rules of the Roman Empire. Plus, one idea for changing today's rules about wealth.| Priscilla Stuckey
What will Pope Leo XIV say about Trump’s draconian “One Big Beautiful Bill”?| The Globalist
The global seafood industry is one of the riskiest when it comes to human rights. That’s why it so welcome that a few firms are leading the way in being much more transparent about who caught the fish they sell, says Ashley Aarons. The post Know your boat: why and how some businesses are publishing which fishing vessels they buy from appeared first on Views & Voices.| Views & Voices
A cash transfer experiment in New Orleans has proven how responsible many high schoolers can be with money if given the chance.| Reasons to be Cheerful
The most important number from the entire spring statement was not from the Chancellor but from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. They estimated that over the next year, 600,000 people will be pulled into poverty [1]. The 14.6 million people already experiencing poverty will of course be pulled further down. It appears inevitable that the number […] The post The Spring Statement number you need to know: 600,000 more people pulled into poverty appeared first on .|
A prior post made an effort to gain greater analytical clarity concerning the unfairness involved in the separation between the “one percent” economy and the rest of us. In what ways is the wealth owned by the super-billionaires an “unfair” extraction from the rest of US society? How can we account for the very rapid accumulation of wealth in the hands of the richest 1 percent of US wealth holders since 1980? The answer seems to largely turn on the rapid expansion in wealth represen...| Understanding Society
Much thinking about economic justice for working people has been framed by the nineteenth-century concept of “capitalism”: owners of enterprises constitute a minority of the population; they hire workers who represent the majority of the population; wages and profits define the distribution of income throughout the whole population. This picture still works well enough for a range of economic activities in the advanced capitalist economies when it comes to manufacturing, agriculture, and ...| Understanding Society
Philip Pettit’s writings about republicanism offer a valuable and distinctive perspective on individual freedom and the nature of a good society. He develops those ideas most fully in Republicanism : a theory of freedom and government. Pettit’s core idea is that we should conceive of freedom as “non-domination” — that is, that an individual is free when he or she is not subject to the arbitrary power of other individuals, groups, or institutions. He emphasizes that non-domination i...| Understanding Society
The current war on DEI has proven to be unrelenting and highly destructive to the independence, academic freedom, and inclusiveness of American universities. And yet the values that gave rise to DEI initiatives throughout the country in the past two decades are deeply grounded in fundamental American values of equality, freedom, and community. How did we get to the place where DEI is regarded as extremist and alien?First, some background. DEI is a slogan; it stands for Diversity, Equity, and ...| Understanding Society
With the rise of generative AI (genAI) tools such as ChatGPT, many worry about the tools’ potential displacement effects in the labor market and the implications for income inequality. In supplemental questions to the February 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE), we asked a representative sample of U.S. residents about their experience with genAI tools. We find that relatively few people have used genAI, but that those who have used it have a bleaker outlook on its impacts on jobs an...| Liberty Street Economics
If the development sector is serious about decolonisation, it must stop confusing optics with real, transformational change, argues Awssan Kamal.| From Poverty to Power
The failure to deliver for poorer countries and the Trumpian backlash against free trade has shaken the dominance of the liberalisers and deregulators, says Duncan Green. He reports back from a recent gathering where experts unpicked emerging themes in a chaotic time for global trade policy: including the shift away from the multilateral system to bilateral treaties; and the heartening success of countries from Rwanda to Vietnam to Ecuador that have defied the old consensus.| From Poverty to Power
In this third video in our series on the wealthy, I explore why the comfortably wealthy in the UK — those with £3 million or more — stay so rich. The short answer? The UK tax system is stacked in their favour. From low capital gains rates to massive ISA...| Funding the Future
How AI is replicating and amplifying the sexist and misogynistic attitudes that cause such havoc to women on social media and ‘in real life’.| Nordic Model Now!
While inequalities trigger protests and unrest around the world, the disparities driving such discontent aren’t wholly financial in nature, a report says. They include areas such as education, health and climate change.| Good Faith Media Archives
See a full list, sorted by subject, at New items include From Slave Plantations to the Vatican, Society Exists, and Immigrants Strain It, Wars in Ukraine and Canaan encouraged by the USA, US Hegemo…| Gwydion Madawc Williams
New report calculates “living wage” for regions of Newfoundland and Labrador.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
NDP and PCs say new changes to the Liberals’ poverty reduction strategy ignore the root causes driving poverty in the province| The Independent
If you’re new here, welcome to On the Commons! Here, we explore questions as varied as: Why are three little-known 15th-century papal bulls still being weaponized against Indigenous sover…| Antonia Malchik
Laurie Johnson interviews Dr. David Lay Williams, author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought From Plato to Marx.| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Housing seems such a natural engine of inequality that it’s easy to forget that the opposite was once true. For most of the 20th centur…| Jules Birch
Christopher Jencks, known for his novel and inventive opinions on hot topic issues like income inequality, homelessness, and racial gaps in standardized […]| Social Science Space
For 60 years, the Title I program run by the Department of Education has been the backbone of educational opportunity in our public schools.| ParentsTogether
The same old class prejudices and phobias that predated chavismo are now being politically exploited by Venezuelans in the U.S. to create a narrative of good and bad fellow immigrants| Caracas Chronicles
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Inequality erodes opportunity, and limited opportunity exacerbates inequality. This vicious inter-generational cycle has brought inclusive growth into question, contributed to the rise of populist …| Economics for public policy
Neither Dems nor Reps proffer a sustainable tax code. CASSE does, with graduated tax rates, depletion taxes, Sustainability Trust Fund, etc.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Canadian society has begun to corrode. Rebuilding trust will be a key part of rebuilding the economy.| The Logic
by Ourania Filippakou Open universities have long symbolised a radical departure from the exclusivity of conventional universities. Conceived as institutions of access, intellectual emancipation, a…| SRHE Blog
Inside the strange, uniform politics of elite MBA programs| The New Republic
For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal.”| ParentsTogether
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Social and economic arguments for the Nordic Model approach to prostitution policy and legislation and for other interventions to end the impunity of third parties who promote and profit from sexploitation.| Nordic Model Now!
Millions of women in the Global South earn a pittance, own no wealth or land and do far more unpaid care than men – and much of their condition today can be traced back to the economic devastation caused by both colonialism and the extractive economic system it created. That’s why any plan for redress must include justice for women. In the latest blog in our World Economic Forum series, Lurit Yugusuk and Hazel Birungi set out five ways to do that…| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security| joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
The increasing influence of the super rich on the politics and policy we all have to live with is an urgent story, if not a new one.| FAIR
The world looks set to see five trillionaires by the end of the decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell introduce Oxfam’s 2025 Davos report, which reveals the scale of unearned wealth — and how those riches are built on a colonial legacy of exploitative global systems.| Views & Voices
The world looks set to see five trillionaires within a decade — and more billionaires are now being created through inheritance than entrepreneurialism. Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell introduce Oxfam’s 2025 Davos report, which reveals the scale of unearned wealth — and how those riches are built on a colonial legacy of exploitative global systems.| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
We are on the verge of one of the biggest wealth transfers in world history—what some social scientists have called “The Great Wealth Transfer.” We are also living through a huge increase in wealth inequality. Yet we know surprisingly little about a key type of wealth transfer: inheritance. What do people actually do with their […]| Articles – Contexts
Cabo Verde is not a rich country. To have an idea, the minimum wage is €130 a month and a meal in a restaurant costs around €10. The IMF classifies Cabo Verde as a developing country.| Crooked Timber
When I recited the Christmas story at age 8, I didn't yet know that Mary sang a freedom song about ending extreme inequality.| Priscilla Stuckey
Jobs at the lower end of the AI value chain, such as data annotation, are often outsourced to Africa but come with low pay and little…| Tech | Business | Economy
A look at how letters of recommendation for PhD economists differ by gender, race, or ethnicity and how these differences relate to early career outcomes.| Liberty Street Economics
Meet the Arizona activists fighting to mobilize one tribal nation.| Mother Jones
The richest people pay the least taxes. What sounds like a story from the Middle Ages is a reality in 2024. We spoke with renowned economist Gabriel Zucman about why this is a problem and what we can do about it. His solution: a global wealth tax. Interviewer: Can you explain the impact of tax […]| TheBetter.news
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
The relationship between citizens and their criminal justice systems comes down to just that – relationships. And those relations generally start with […]| Social Science Space
How the social relations of capitalism explain macroeconomic phenomena.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Why no startup can truly make the world a better place.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Why no startup can truly make the world a better place.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
How the social relations of capitalism explain macroeconomic phenomena.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Getting serious about economic inequality requires thinking about the fundamentals: which is the wage system, where one class systematically exploits another. We need much less talk about inequality, and much more talk about exploitation.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
"Vote-by-mail simply does not work in Native American communities."| Mother Jones
The military says an interim government will be formed to lead the country to new elections, but its makeup is unclear.| Truthout
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Access to decent housing should be the "Great Australian Right," says a former Victorian Supreme Court justice.| www.abc.net.au
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
We’ve known for a while now that our desire for lawmakers around the world to raise taxes on wealthy people like us isn’t fringe. But now, we officially have the numbers to back it up – and a blueprint for how international leaders can institute minimum standards for taxing the global rich. The l| Patriotic Millionaires
© www.viewsoftheworld.net This contribution for Political Insight (June 2019, Volume 10, Issue 2) maps gender inequality around the world and argues that the political sphere is often the most resistant to change. Unequal treatment based on gender is deeply embedded in many … Continue reading → The post Inequalities of Gender: Education, work, and politics was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Fa...| Views of the World
© www.viewsoftheworld.net The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has not been without controversy from the very beginning, starting with corruption allegations during the selection procedure to the most recent political incidents. And yet, the ball is rolling and the sporty side … Continue reading → The post World Cup Cartograms was written by Benjamin Hennig and published on Views of the World. If you enjoyed this, you might want to follow me on Twitter or Facebook. - publication on other we...| Views of the World
7.6 billion people producing an estimated global GDP of 131 trillion dollars (measured in purchasing power parity), that is the world in 2018. In its latest forecast, the International Monetary Fund predicts predicts a continuing global economic growth of 3.9%, … Continue reading →| Views of the World
A look at the consequences of an aggressive policy response to inflation using a Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) model.| Liberty Street Economics
A look at the distributional effects of inflation and inflation stabilization using a Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) model.| Liberty Street Economics
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
This post was guest authored by Brian Carss.| Take On Wall Street
Inequality erodes opportunity, and limited opportunity exacerbates inequality. This vicious intergenerational cycle has brought inclusive growth into question, contributed to the rise of populist sentiment, and strained the social contract in many rich countries. The way forward for researchers and policy makers requires not only a clear understanding of the facts about what kind of … Continue reading Public Policy for Equality and Opportunity: Evidence-based and Ethically Grounded| Economics for public policy
Watch this interview produced by the Institute for New Economic Thinking , who gave me the opportunity to explain what the Great Gatsby is, and highlight how it offers a constructive framework for research and public policy.| Economics for public policy
It is the stated goal of the Canadian federal government to foster “a strong and inclusive labour market that provides every Canadian with opportunities for a good quality of life.” The legacy of COVID has, however, led to policy incoherence, with some significant reforms directly putting this goal into question. The federal government has repeatedly … Continue reading What will COVID Mean for the Future of Fiscal and Social Policy?| Economics for public policy
Editor’s note: This story has graphic language and descriptions of racial slurs, harmful rhetoric and violence against Asians and other students of color attending public schools. If you need support or have experienced violence, discrimination, harassment or racism, find an organization that can help in this database. Hai Au Huynh was fed up. The 45-year-old […] The post Asian students face racism, harassment at school. What would make it stop? appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
Research by Stanford’s Ran Abramitzky and co-authors uncovers the most extensive evidence to date that immigrants are less likely to be imprisoned than U.S.-born individuals.| Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
