Untaxed wealth of the top 0.1% eclipses assets of the poorest half of the world
The amount of untaxed wealth hidden in offshore tax havens by the world’s richest 0.1% exceeds the collective…
Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz says not only can AI take your job, it’ll make the ‘tech bro’ class richer while doing so
As professor Joseph Stiglitz sees it, AI is not just another technology wave—it’s a force that can erode…
Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser calls for capital gains tax discount to be scrapped
A former Reserve Bank governor has told a parliamentary hearing the capital gains tax discount should be scrapped…
The Dangerous Paradox of A.I. Abundance
Even if A.I. doesn’t greatly accelerate economic growth, there’s the issue of how it affects employment and wages.…
US Billionaire Wealth Surges to $8.1 Trillion as Affordability Crisis Hammers Working Class
The collective wealth of US billionaires surged to $8.1 trillion in 2025 as working-class Americans faced a cost-of-living…
World’s Top 500 Billionaires See Net Worth Explode to Record Highs
The world’s 500 richest people saw their fortunes explode by $2.2 trillion last year, a gain Oxfam…
A tiny elite controls the lion’s share of global wealth and power, says report
A new World Inequality Report warns that fewer than 60,000 of the world’s richest people — enough to…
Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal? | Business and Economy News
The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the…
The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame
Albert Edwards, the long-standing strategist at Société Générale known for offering the “alternative view” within the institution, believes…
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
While past studies have explored how cancer patients’ financial health influenced their risk of mortality, new research digs…
NESDC proposes six urgent measures to tackle poverty and inequality
To ensure that anti-poverty policies and local development initiatives deliver tangible results, the NESDC recommends that policymakers adopt…
Inequality is soaring in Spain: half of all families own less than 7% of total wealth
Friday, 17 October 2025, 12:23 The wealth of families in Spain has increased by 81% in the last…