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…
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…
Childhood Adversity Blunts the Social Benefits of Intelligence
Summary: A large-scale analysis of over 24,000 people in the UK reveals that childhood disadvantage has a lasting…
Tracking the K-Shaped Economy: Who’s Driving Spending?
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Thu Pham, Beck Pierce, and Maxim L. Pinkovskiy Editors’ Note: The title of the second chart…
We’re at risk of a two-tier AI economy if we don’t bridge the AI gender gap, expert says
Artificial intelligence is moving even faster than many thought. In the span of three years, the world went…
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…
Billionaire wealth advisor calls out growing US wealth gap
The U.S. wealth gap has grown so wide, even America’s billionaires can’t help but notice. In the third…
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…
Anthropic (an AI Company) Warns That AI Will Worsen Inequality
One of the major promises of AI, whether you buy it or not, is that it will significantly…
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…
Americans facing a tough job market in 2025 won’t get a break next year
This year was a difficult one for Americans looking for work. Forecasters don’t see much improvement in their…
If all the money in America was equally redistributed overnight, how much would you get?
There are few things more frustrating than America’s enormous wealth inequality. Consider that the United States has more…