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Billionaire bonanza 2018: Inherited wealth dynasties in the 21st-century U.S.
Report / 2nd November 2018A new report analyses the grand fortunes of the wealthiest U.S. individuals and families, comparing their wealth to the absence of wealth at and near the nation’s economic bottom. By Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie for inequality.org
A radically realistic climate vision
Report / 2nd November 2018Limiting global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is the only way to achieve social justice while protecting our environment from devastating climate change. And, contrary to prevailing wisdom, it's not an impossible goal, writes Barbara Unmüßig for Project Syndicate.
Half the world lives in poverty on under $5.50 a day: report
News / 30th October 2018Half the world's population lives on less than $5.50 a day despite significant progress in reducing extreme poverty, a new report from the World Bank said Wednesday.
Famine in Yemen could become one of worst in living memory, UN says
News / 25th October 2018Yemen is sliding fast toward what could become one of the worst famines in living memory, the UN’s top emergency relief official has warned.
69 of the richest 100 entities on the planet are corporations, not governments, figures show
Blog / 25th October 2018Top corporations continue to accrue revenues far in excess of most governments, figures compiled by Global Justice Now show. Comparing 2017 revenues, 69 of the top 100 economic entities are corporations rather than governments.
Response to the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report
Blog / 25th October 2018The University of Manchester’s Professor Kevin Anderson responds to the latest report from the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change.
European governments are protecting big business over victims of human rights abuses
Blog / 12th October 2018World leaders will meet in Geneva next week to start negotiating a new international law to ensure companies respect human rights and the environment in their global operations. But a lack of support from European governments is putting this vital United Nations treaty at risk.
'Unprecedented' changes to world economy and society required to avoid climate chaos, UN report warns
News / 8th October 2018Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale”, the United Nations has warned.
Share the wealth? Of course. But when?
Blog / 2nd October 2018Redistribution via the tax code, progressives on both sides of the Atlantic are realizing, only takes us so far. We need to start limiting inequality before it can dig in, writes Sam Pizzigati for Inequality.org.
Find out more about our flagship book
News / 1st October 2018Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have published a book version of the pioneering work by Mohammed Mesbahi, which proposes a ‘people’s strategy for world transformation’ based on a massive mobilisation of civil society to end hunger and life-threatening poverty as an overriding international priority.