Inequality is truly a global challenge. I emphasize “global” because inequality matters in all countries—both in the developing and the…
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Posts tagged with 'inequality'
BRICS Under Attack: The Empire Strikes Back In Brazil
Despite all the fancy anti-corruption rhetoric, the assault on President Rousseff’s leftist government is the result of a coordinated campaign…
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The TPP and Inequality
By Will Lasky ECSN BRICSAM Program Officer On Feb 4. 2015 12 nations signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.…
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Does the Idea of Choice Reinforce Inequality?
By Will Lasky ECSN BRICSAM Program Officer For Richer…or Poorer? The Capture of Growth and Politics in Emerging Economies, presents…
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For Richer or Poorer: the capture of growth and politics in emerging economies
The emerging economies Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Turkey – in short, the BRICSAMIT – have…
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What to Look for When the Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Is Released
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been completed. The agreement is a big deal. It is said it writes the rules…
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Angus Deaton: a popular choice given the new focus on inequality
Economics is split into two broad camps. In one group are the macroeconomists, who study the big picture. If a chancellor…
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Income inequalities in emerging economies can exacerbate inequalities between men and women
Blog by Daria Ukhova, Ph.D student, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences and Inequality policy consultant for Oxfam GB Originally posted…
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Statement by Jin Liqun at a Press Conference in Tbilisi
It is my great honor and privilege to be selected as the President-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).…
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Inflation Robs Russians of Buying Power
A basic barometer of economic activity in this tidy town south of Moscow is the pirozhok, a small pie filled…
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