Less well understood is how economic growth interacts with social inequality in Russia. Please join us for a discussion with Leonid Grigoryev, Professor in the Faculty of World Economy and ...

To provide clarity, this doesn't mean Social Security is facing bankruptcy or insolvency.Rather, it means the current payout schedule, including annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), can't be ...

Indeed, the study of social inequality is more urgent than ever, especially if higher education is to fulfill its mission as a promoter of expanded opportunity and well-being. Students, professors and ...

One of the most provocative — and most disturbing — of this year’s economics books is “The Great Leveler.” Its historian/author Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not ...

Adapted from "Inequality Kills Us All: Covid-19’s Health Lessons for the World," by Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. In 1992, a publication appeared in the British Medical Journal written by ...

GENEVA, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new global Taskforce has launched today to bring attention to the financial risks to companies and financial institutions of global inequality. The ...

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I would like to mention that this event is being both webstreamed and also transmitted live via Twitter. Thanks very much for joining us. I will take this opportunity to announce a new publication ...

- An economics professor e-mails me to raise a suspicion about the data used here, from the Current Population Survey. It may be top coded at $250,000, as implied by this economics paper .

Meanwhile, as a global leader on climate action, the country could plan its rapid transition toward a carbon-neutral and resilient economy in ways that help reduce social inequality. Current debates ...