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These developments seem to add to global inequality. So, on balance, it seems that global inequality has been relatively stable during the last two decades.

Inequality was also reflected in the global unemployment situation.

The large difference in opportunities in education between countries is one of the basic causes of global inequality.

Poverty was the symptom of a global environment plagued by inequality, and the fight against poverty required a global alliance based on shared responsibility, cooperation and solidarity.

As surveyed in the United Nations report The Inequality Predicament, few countries, rich or poor, have proved immune to the global trend of rising inequality, or to its consequences for education, health, and social welfare.

But the system of taxing global profits is broken and it is exacerbating inequality both within and across countries. If the world is to make progress toward its goals of eradicating poverty and stemming rising inequality, the system must be reformed.

Democratic Inequality

Ebola and Inequality

The Inequality Trifecta

When Inequality Kills

An Inequality Tax

Inequality and Discontent

The Inequality Trap

The pattern of inequality with respect to global malnutrition resembles that of acute poverty, with malnutrition being more severe among the indigenous population and in rural areas.

Good and Bad Inequality

Inequality, Immigration, and Hypocrisy

Inequality and the Internet

Inequality on the March

Is Inequality Inhibiting Growth?

The Heirs of Inequality

The Instability of Inequality

Inequality is Killing Capitalism

The Price of Inequality

The global economy is at a critical juncture. Most economists agree on what is needed to avoid another round of lost growth opportunities, inadequate employment, financial instability, and worsening inequality.

The prescription for what ails the global economy follows directly from the diagnosis strong government expenditures, aimed at facilitating restructuring, promoting energy conservation, and reducing inequality, and a reform of the global financial system that creates an alternative to the buildup of reserves.

Inequality and the American Child

New Light on Income Inequality

How Inequality Fueled the Crisis

The Mauritius Miracle dates to independence. But the country still struggles with some of its colonial legacies inequality in land and wealth, as well as vulnerability to high stakes global politics.

Because the global rise in inequality had accompanied the economic reforms of the past two decades, it was hard not to conclude that the two were related, at least in part.

One negative consequence is the persistent deepening of income inequality. The Gini coefficient of per capita income has surpassed 50 (with 100 representing maximal inequality), putting China in the upper quartile of inequality worldwide.

Poverty and inequality continue to grow unchecked in many countries, and inequality grows, in particular, between countries and between regions.

Inequality on the Horizon of Need

And again, closely related to inequality.

How the Fed Just Reduced Inequality

Yet never has inequality been greater.

The global financial crisis occurred because we ignored externalities shadow prices and institutions allowing instability and inequality to proliferate. Building a more stable, sustainable future requires getting policies, prices, and incentives right.

In the process, inequality has risen further. And yet, despite the urgent need for major policy adaptations at the national level, and much better regional and global coordination, progress has been disappointing.

But income inequality was worsening steadily in all member countries, with more highly educated citizens benefiting from the booming services industry, while the less educated suffered as manufacturing moved to cheaper locations. Then, the global financial crisis struck, income inequality rose sharply, and the post Wall generation in southern Europe suffered the largest drop in living standards since WWII.

Richard Wilkinson How economic inequality harms societies

The Rising Costs of US Income Inequality

Statistical indicators are useful for measuring inequality.

Recent trends in inequality were not encouraging.