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Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer urged to end ‘moral outrage’ of inequality as charity warns UK wealth gap now only second to US among OECD countries

The luxury retail industry’s robust growth is being fueled by the increasing dominance of high-net-worth individuals and growing wealth inequality. In this environment, purchasing luxury retail stocks like Dillard’s (DDS), Tapestry (TPR), and Signet Jewelers (SIG) could be a smart move as high-end spending continues to rebound. Read on….

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds

A recent poll by the Social Research Foundation, a think thank, found that 60% of South Africans thought the government of national unity was working well. It also reported that support for the unity government’s anchor political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), had risen…

The prestigious award is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth $1.1 million

Closing the season, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Nobel economics prize on Monday, with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.

Communities across the world are facing two worsening crises: a climate crisis and a care crisis.

Editorial: To get a sense of how unfair Britain is, consider the prospects for its children

Efforts to redress global inequality are facing an unexpected adversary: the white saviour. It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or North, need “saving” by a white Western person or aid worker.

Liam Byrne has warned the chancellor that extra levies on the rich are needed to halt the rise of the populist right

Recent research showing the richest New Zealanders pay less tax than their counterparts in nine similar OECD countries raises, yet again, serious questions about wealth, equality and fairness.