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Billionaire Larry Fink says you're wrong to think that AI stealing your job is the big problem—it's really about what it's doing for his class

AI-driven benefits are still contained to a small portion of Americans, a bad sign for the growing wealth gap.

Fortune

Why Are War-Torn Nations Happier Than India? What We’re Missing

It sounds contradictory at first. A country like India, growing rapidly and improving economically, ranks significantly lower in global happiness than nations dealing with conflict and instability. According to the World Happiness Report 2026, India stands around 116th with a life evaluation score of about 4.5, while Israel ranks within…

Times Life

Claims about genetic superiority ignore the real drivers of human inequality

Political leaders like United States President Donald Trump and business oligarchs like Elon Musk have increasingly suggested that human behaviour and social outcomes are rooted in genetics.

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India Overtakes Japan to Become World’s 4th Largest Economy, Now Targets No. 3 Spot

In a defining moment for India’s economic journey, the country has officially surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, marking a major shift in the global financial order. This milestone is not just symbolic. It reflects years of steady growth, structural reforms, and rising global influence. With a nominal…

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Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

The Guardian - US

Billionaire says US wealth inequality is 'completely unsustainable as a society'

Most indicators for the U.S. economy were relatively good last year, but not many Americans feel that way.

Fortune

Supercharged inequality: rich investors stifle budget

Almost a quarter of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to just five of Australia's wealthiest electorates, entrenching inequality, critics say.

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The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond

Political theorist Hannah Arendt warned that authoritarian politics rarely begin with spectacles of repression. More often, authoritarianism advances through routine administrative decisions that appear technical or neutral but gradually reshape public life — a kind of bureaucratic normalization of injustice she later described as the banality of evil.

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‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth

Fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in last five years, reaching unprecedented collective wealth of $219bn

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on Adam Smith: he deserves rescuing from the free-market myth

Editorial: On the 250th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations, the Scottish philospher is still invoked by the right. Yet he worried about inequality, monopoly and the power of wealth

The Guardian - UK

Social Security has kept wealth inequality in check for decades. Trump's policies could deplete it in 6 years

Social Security’s insolvency would damage a $40 trillion buffer against a wider wealth gap.

Fortune

The Guardian view on gen Z: young men hold startling views about women – inequality may be to blame

Editorial: Gender equality is portrayed as a zero sum game, with women falsely portrayed as either now ‘winning,’ or having already won. Feeling they have to compete, young men are lashing out

The Guardian - UK

London measles outbreak: ‘This is an issue of health inequality’ say experts as confirmed cases rise

Emergency health committee meeting held after leaked documents suggest there are up to 300 suspected cases in London

Evening Standard

Four ways to tackle health and climate together – and lift millions of people out of poverty

Our health is shaped long before we get to see a doctor. It is shaped by the health of our parents, the air we breathe, the homes we live in, the work we do, the food we can afford and the strength of our communities. For millions, these conditions are…

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Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz says not only can AI take your job, it’ll make the ‘tech bro’ class richer while doing so

“Unfortunately, the tech bros, who are obviously advocates of this, are at the same time pushing for smaller government,” Stiglitz told Fortune.

The Conversation

Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality

Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to US$140,000 for a family of four. Currently, a family of that size has to be eking by on $33,000 a year to qualify as poor…

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Male teachers can challenge misogyny in schools every day, not just on International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is an important day for everyone, regardless of gender, to raise awareness about gender inequality. This includes naming harms, celebrating gains and recommitting to societal and institutional change.

The Conversation

Women and wealth: what stands in their way and how to overcome it

You’ve probably heard the saying, “The rich become richer, while the poor become poorer”. It’s about how uneven financial progress can be.

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‘Stark global inequality’: Calls for taxes on private jets grow louder as uber-wealthy flee Dubai

Private jets are up to 14 times more polluting than commercial planes – and are now being used to escape escalating conflict in the Middle East.

The Guardian - UK

Breaking Social review – Rutger Bregman leads an irresistible rallying cry for global activism

Fredrik Gertten travels the world meeting activists who have had enough of corruption, kleptocracy and structural inequality – while Bregman’s nuggets of wisdom are a joy

The Conversation

When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965

When economists track inequality, they typically focus on income and spending.

The Guardian - UK

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

The Conversation

‘A shadow on your art’: how do First Nations and culturally diverse authors feel about representation?

Activism around cultural diversity in books and publishing has come with intense scrutiny of the background of published authors. These conversations are designed to combat inequality and create change – but how do they impact those authors?

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“AITA For Telling My Wife I Would Open A Separate Account If She Didn’t Get Our Money Back?”

Discussing money and budgets with your partner is not the most romantic topic, unless you're a math geek. But it is indeed the most important one. When couples share a home, they usually also split their bills, and in some cases, they even have the same bank accounts. But sometimes,…

The Guardian - UK

Fashion’s greatest challenges ‘inequality and AI’, say Prada designers

Speaking at Milan fashion week, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented a more concentrated, but relatable, show

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