Conventional wisdom about taxing wealth is shifting, writes Didier Jacobs, Oxfam America’s Senior Policy Advisor. Long dismissed as unfeasible, and frowned upon as politically incorrect, radical ideas are now gaining …
Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality
Francesca Rhodes, Man-Kwun Chan and Anam Parvez ButtFrancesca Rhodes, Gender Policy Advisor, Man-Kwun Chan, Influencing Advisor, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care, and Anam Parvez Butt, Gender Justice Research Lead at Oxfam GB outline some of the key …
Davos is here again
Duncan GreenDuncan Green summarises Oxfam’s new report.
Health, wealth and the great escape out of poverty
Franziska MagerCould the history of the last 250 years provide the clues to ending poverty and inequality? Angus Deaton’s book The Great Escape makes a compelling case for improving global well-being …
The politics of inequality; who is measuring what and why?
Deborah HardoonOur latest real geek instalment explores different measurements of inequality and how our understanding of the data they produce is crucial to the issue as a whole. here is no …