Tag: inequality

Opinion: Coronavirus Will Expose the Vast Inequality Between the Global North and South
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that rich countries can spend without limit to meet the needs of their populations. But poorer, less powerful countries quite literally can't afford to play by those rules, argues Grace Blakeley.  
Wonga Might Be Uniquely Unscrupulous, But the Whole Commercial Banking System is Out to Get Us
With infamous payday lender Wonga on the brink of collapse, Grace Blakeley argues the company's business model may seem uniquely exploitative but its practices are merely an extreme version of a more general trend.
Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All
Labour needs to get radical, resisting the cross-party agreements on mental illness which foreclose the reality that though we may ‘all have mental health’ the chance of us breaking down are deeply indexed to our relative place in society.
‘This Is Belonging’: How the Army Stole Utopia
A hypocritical and dangerous new recruitment drive by the British army promises working class men an escape from the loneliness and isolation of neoliberalism, using Instagram style ads and ideas of utopia taken from the anti-capitalist left.
3 Ways Inequality is at the Heart of Hurricane Irma’s Destruction
Commentators have long been telling us that extreme weather events like Hurricane Irma will become more intense the longer we fail to address the causes of climate change. What's widely ignored in coverage of natural disasters, however, is the role played by inequality.
The Consequences of Top-Down Economics Are Not Accidental – But There’s Cause for Hope
It's no coincidence the rich are getting richer while public services grind to a halt. Both sides of the Atlantic, depressed wages and demoralised towns are the creation of our economic system.
Profits, pay days and protest: 7 Reasons University Pay Gaps Need to Be Tackled
In the first few weeks of 2015, most university vice-chancellors will earn more than their lowest paid member of staff will take home all year. Josh Berlyne from the Free University of Sheffield argues that these inequalities have no place in the future of higher education.
10 Ways Official Inflation Stats Are Masking Rising Inequality
New official inflation figures say the rate of price increases is falling, yet inequality is reaching new heights. The stats are hiding the real decline in living standards, especially for the poorest ten percent, but how?

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