CEO pay skyrockets in 2025 amid growing income inequality in the US | Inequality News
The pay gap between executives and their employees has widened from 2024 to 2025, with chief executives making…
Hundreds of experts warn the world must prepare now for AI’s impact | Business and Economy News
More than 200 economists and AI researchers call on leaders to immediately prepare for sweeping economic disruption. By…
Gabriel Zucman: Why Britain must tax billionaire wealth now
Read more: Whether exercised by Musk or anyone else is ultimately beside the point. Democracy should never depend…
Who gets a seat at the table? UN climate conference accused of shrinking civic space and visa delays
All eyes are on the German city of Bonn this week, as delegates from around the world gather…
Australia hits its highest number of billionaires on record, with total wealth reaching $686b: Oxfam
Australia has its highest number of billionaires on record, at 178 — an increase of 17 from last…
Taiwan’s economy is booming thanks to AI. Not everyone sees the benefits | Business and Economy News
Taipei, Taiwan – For Li, an engineer at Taiwanese computer giant ASUS, the AI boom sweeping Taiwan has…
UK launches ‘Great British Summer Savings’ to ease family costs | Business and Economy News
Families to benefit from reduced VAT to help lower costs at theme parks, theatres, zoos, and museums. Published…
Starmer drama has UK markets reliving their Truss nightmare – POLITICO
Ultimately, it’s the government that needs to find nearly £2 billion a week to plug the gap between…
Explaining the K-Shaped Economy: What’s Behind the Divide?
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Thu Pham, Beck Pierce, and Maxim L. Pinkovskiy In our companion post, we used a new…
At 37, I only have a pension pot of £480 after years of maternity leave
When Karina began her working career after graduating from university, she was full of determination and ambition. However,…
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…
Air pollution linked to greater health risks in poorer European regions, study finds
Regions with higher poverty levels and lower renewable energy adoption are at the highest risk of mortality associated…