inequality

Advocating for equity in all its dimensions requires an expansive perspective on inequality

Rapid rate hikes to counter inflation, while keeping an eye on inequality and QE trap, says Insead’s professor Pushan Dutt

Countries in East Asia tended to do a better job of controlling the pandemic than did many countries in the Americas and Europe.

SINGAPORE (Nov 4): Three of the world’s more affluent cities have erupted in protests and unrest this year. Paris has faced waves of protests and rioting since November 2018; soon after, French President Emmanuel Macron raised fuel taxes. Hong Kong has

SINGAPORE (Oct 22): Singapore’s total household wealth grew by 4% to US$1.4 trillion ($1.9 trillion) in the 12 months up to mid-2019, a new report has revealed.

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): In a recent commentary in The New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum placed the blame for increasing inequality in the US squarely at the feet of economists. He cited the work, among others, of Nobel laureate economist Robert Lucas, who di

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): Thomas Piketty’s last blockbuster helped put inequality at the centre of economic debates. Now he is back with an even longer treatise that explains how governments should fix it — by upending capitalism.

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): Behind the scenes at some of the world’s biggest banks, small teams of employees are busy trying to calculate what might prove to be one of the most important numbers any financial institution will ever disclose: how much the assets

SINGAPORE (Aug 26): The adage that change is the only constant is now truer than ever. In an increasingly unpredictable world buffeted by populism, the US’ turning inwards, China’s exercising its considerable clout, and shorter business cycles, the on

SINGAPORE (Aug 26): The adage that change is the only constant is now truer than ever. In an increasingly unpredictable world buffeted by populism, the US’ turning inwards, China’s exercising its considerable clout, and shorter business cycles, the on