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Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War

This book "Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War" is a dense, numerically knotty, bracing companion to...

Single national curriculum key to eradicate inequality, President Alvi says

The president said in order to inculcate a culture of creative thinking a focused approach on a government level is necessary via SNC

Nobel winner warns coronavirus could worsen inequality

The coronavirus outbreak has exposed existing inequalities but without reform, argues Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton

World’s 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity

Governments are exacerbating inequality by increasingly underfunding public services like healthcare and education at the same time as they consistently under-tax the wealthy

Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

SAN FRANCISCO: Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow at offices...

Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China

HUIZHOU, China: At 1 am on April 23, Yue Xin was rudely awakened in her dormitory at China’s prestigious Peking University by her mother...

Afghan girl coders design games to fight opium and inequality

HERAT, Afghanistan: Think Super Mario Bros, but with an Afghan twist. This is how Afghanistan’s first generation of female coders explain their abilities as...

IMF chief: to beat inequality, close the gender gap

Washington: IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the best way to reduce inequality around the world would be to eliminate the gap...

Spend more on schooling to reduce inequality, IMF says

WASHINGTON: Tackling disparities in education is crucial to reducing global income inequality, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, urging governments to spend more...

Inequality, low wages weaken global growth: IMF official

WASHINGTON: A hollowing out of the middle class in advanced economies like the US, amid weak wage growth and rising inequality, is holding back...

Four Indonesians wealthier than poorest 100 million: Oxfam

JAKARTA: The four richest Indonesians are wealthier than the poorest 100 million people in the country, a study has found, highlighting how huge numbers...

Davos: 5 key themes this year

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: The global elite wraps up its talkathon in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Friday -- around the same time as...

Public spending in Pakistan is politically driven, says UNDP chief

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing chief of United Nations Development Programme, Marc Andre believes that the concentration of public spending in Pakistan is politically driven and only restricted to a few developed districts, which is increasing inequality between the rich and poor regions.

Crackdown looms for India’s super-rich tax avoiders

NEW DELHI: Lamborghini rolled out its new $580,000 supercar onto the streets of India this month, but local millionaires tempted to buy the flashy convertible could hit a bump in the road thanks to the taxman.

Socialist Jeremy Corbyn elected UK opposition Labour leader

LONDON: Radical leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday won the crown of Britain's main opposition Labour party in a landslide victory, becoming the nation's most left-wing political leader for over 30 years.

Joblessness, inequality top global concerns in 2015: report

GENEVA: Unemployment and rising income inequality will top concerns for global leaders in 2015, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Friday.

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