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Europe's wealthy are falling behind - London just dropped out of the top 10 cities for very high net worth individuals
London has been a top 10 city for the very high net worth since 2004, Wealth-X finds. But a rough y…
Juliana Kaplan
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A Nobel-prize winning economist says the wealthy will just find a way to dodge any wealth tax
One issue with taxing the ultrawealthy to pay for pandemic losses is they may just avoid the tax. I…
Juliana Kaplan
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Great Britain sprinter hits out at the Tokyo Olympics ban on athletes protesting against racial inequality at medal ceremonies
During events, medal ceremonies, and at the Olympic Village, protests have been forbidden by the In…
Barnaby Lane
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What if Mexico had taken over America or India ended up ruling Britain? A TikTok account is using AI to help illustrate these alternate realities.
Take a look at some of these alternate realities, where we have "Harpreet Patel" and "Miguel Jacson…
Amanda Goh
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Rishi Sunak is worth almost $850 million, making him Britain's richest prime minister. Here's why that could be a big problem.
The new British PM's net worth is so large that he and his wife entered this year's Sunday Times Ri…
Ryan Hogg,Beatrice Nolan
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Britain's photo ID system undermines the democracy it is trying to preserve
The Queen has announced that UK citizens will need photo ID to vote. This law will end up hurting l…
Parisa Hashempour
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'Full employment' may be increasing economic inequality
Resolution Foundation The green section shows wage growth after inflation is taken into account …
Jim Edwards
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Income inequality in Britain is at a 30-year low - but the richest 20% still have five times more to spend than the poorest
The median household disposable income in the UK is now £26,300, £1,000 higher than the pre-financi…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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This is the real cause of generational wealth inequality in the UK
As Business Insider reported in August, every younger private-sector worker today is earning on ave…
Jim Edwards
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The 5 big problems Britain's next prime minister will have to deal with on his first day
Johnson, for his part, has denied that he plans to call an election. "It would be absolutely crazy …
Adam Bienkov,Thomas Colson,Ad…
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A major new report into rising inequality warned that the growing gap between rich and poor is now a threat to Western democracy
The study also found that the gap in life-expectancy between poorer and richer citizens is growing.…
Adam Bienkov
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What everyone is still getting wrong about inequality
China has seen the share of wealth held by its top 10% surge from 48.6% in 2000 to 64% by 2014 as t…
Tomas Hirst,Tomas Hirst
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PIKETTY: Britain's economic policy is a 'complete contradiction'
"If we had taken our budgetary decision in a eurozone parliament in a democratic manner rather than…
Will Martin
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Britain is one of the worst advanced economies for jobs, pay, and living standards
"Over the past several years, a worldwide consensus has emerged on the need for a more inclusive gr…
Lianna Brinded
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The world's economic growth is on a knife edge because of booming inequality
"We have reached a tipping point. Inequality in OECD countries is at its highest since records bega…
Lianna Brinded
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CARNEY: Britain is in 'the first lost decade since the 1860s'
Carney said central bankers and governments must do more to look after those who feel left behind b…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Here's just how wealthy the top 1% in Britain are
The chart from the Office for National Statistics below shows that to be in the 1% in the UK you ha…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Robots will take over 850,000 public sector jobs in Britain by 2030
3. Cognitive roles: these mostly require complex reasoning and strategic thinking - finance directo…
Thomas Colson
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Something really weird is driving inequality in the UK and economists don't understand why it's happening
... firms are still seeing acute skills shortages, thus questioning further possible meaningful imp…
Jim Edwards
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Mayor Of London Says Economic Inequality Can Be Good, But Some People Are Too Dumb To Succeed
Whatever you may think of the value of IQ tests, it is surely relevant to a conversation about equa…