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Tag: Wealth inequality

Posted inAnalysis

Hoarding billionaires stunting global growth

by Fatema Z Sumar November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

US income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022. That might sound surprising, since the most accurate measure of the poverty rate declined during the same time span. But for development experts like me, this apparent contradiction makes perfect sense. That’s […]

Posted inOpinion

Lessons from the US Capitol siege

by Albena Azmanova and Marshall Auerback January 17, 2021January 18, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Covid-19 highlights inequality plague

by Greg C Bruno October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong

How ‘bond vigilantes’ could topple Hong Kong tycoons

by William Pesek August 31, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Has Asia’s middle class creation peaked?

by Simon Roughneen April 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Children standing near the wooden boat on cracked earth. Metaphor for Global warming and Climate change. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Call of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions

by Asoka Bandarage November 1, 2018November 1, 2018
Female worker holding components metal grinding. Photo: iStock
Posted inWorld

Women’s groups oppose World Bank proposals to weaken labor rights

by Suluck Lamubol October 9, 2018
The Bank of International Settlements said, "Investors appeared unnerved by poor forward visibility of results." Image: iStock
Posted inChina, France, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Top finance doctor warns: World economy about to get very sick

by Marshall Auerback September 28, 2018
Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, South Asia

New charter could extend Duterte’s rule until 2030

by Richard Javad Heydarian July 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Illustration: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, India, Mexico, South Asia, World

How the US can keep up with China

by Jan Krikke June 26, 2018
Pupils wave national flags during a ceremony at a local elementary school in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 5, 2014. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
Posted inAT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam

Vietnam’s socialist dream hits on hard times

by David Hutt April 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Filipino domestic worker Arlene struggled to handle her employer's abusive wife. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Social media and the global tragedy of migrant worker abuse

by David Simmons March 16, 2018
Got a spare $250 million? If you’re among the 0.1%, you probably do. Photo: Bruce Makowsky
Posted inMiddle East, World

How rich are the rich? If only you knew

by Gil B. Manzon Jr February 10, 2018February 18, 2020

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