Inequality: A Feature and Driver of Bolsonaro’s Rise in Brazil
The presidential candidate aligned himself with financial interests, attracting support from moderates willing to overlook his fascist nature and lean into his free-market agenda.
The presidential candidate aligned himself with financial interests, attracting support from moderates willing to overlook his fascist nature and lean into his free-market agenda.
President Mauricio Macri hopes to satisfy financial markets and achieve what military governments of the 20th century could not, but a militant civil society stands in his way.
From massive inequality to the climate crisis, these powerful corporations "are able to demand that governments do their bidding."
The Bank's annual World Development Report distorts data to dismiss concerns about inequality and promote a deregulatory approach to new technologies.
Over the last quarter-century, new data from Forbes make clear, NAFTA has helped create an incredibly rich people-friendly economic order.
Leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States demand a trade deal that lifts up people and communities in all three countries.
The recent IMF-sparked fuel price crisis is just the latest example of wealthy nations and institutions pushing policies that worsen inequality.
Anti-privatization organizers demand the government recognize that water is a right, not a commodity.
Hiding behind appeals to ‘rationalism,’ the French leader seeks to ‘fix’ the French economy by cozying up to a tiny, binge-eating wealthy elite.