Inequalities Are Shaping How We’re Fighting the Pandemic — And How We’ll Remember It
Covid-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated — not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.
Max Lawson
Bridgerton, Jane Austen, and Today’s Wealth Dynasties
The new Netflix drama is set in the early 1800s, but the hyper-unequal patrimonial society it portrays is not far from current realities.
Billionaire Wealth Just Shrunk, But Coronavirus is No Great Leveler
While the world's richest have seen a dip in their stock holdings, those on the bottom of the wealth scale will bear the heaviest burden of the crisis.
Billionaires Are a Sign of Economic Failure
Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy.
