#Inequality

Jimmy Ramokgopa

JimmyRamokgopa

I'm unapologetic about telling entitled South Africans the truth they don't want to hear.Don't tell me that I'm "speaking from a point of privilege."This small "privilege" started in Grade 9,

Per Bylund

PerBylund

There is severe confusion about the meaning of #economicgrowth. Many seem to mistakenly think that it has to do with #GDP or producing stuff. It does not. Economic growth means

Mark Paul

MarkVinPaul

It's time for our government to build a just, inclusive, and sustainable economy. The #AmericanJobsPlan is a step in the right direction. But @adamshersh & I explain in a new

Simon Wardley ❤️🇺🇦

swardley

X : I can't work out whether you're pro or against China?Me : Depends upon what we're looking at. I'm all in favour of learning economic lessons and gameplay from

Patrick Sharkey

patrick_sharkey

I’ve written several essays over the past two months on the topic of urban inequality and the crises we’re living through. 1On the potential for a new community-oriented institution to

Paris Marx ☭

parismarx

okay so, the social dilemma on netflix:the film is populated with a bunch of former high-ranking tech employees and executives (for the most part) who have seemingly seen the light:

kt!

starlightzoya

august wrap up1. kartography (5/5)2. smoke gets in your eyes (5/5)3. love & misadventure (3/5)4. the tea dragon society (4/5)5. the prince and the dressmaker (5/5)6. the tea dragon festival

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Bryan Caplan's rebuttal to Garett Jones' case against open borders is...really something.https://www.econlib.org/hive-mind-and-open-borders/ I mean, whose vision of utopia *doesn't* include staggeringly high racialized inequality?

Ashley.

arneespeaks

Left and right I see elitist ass commentary from people under 30 bringing home more than the average family of four. No one needs your pity or “omg how do

Esther Murray #wearetheuniversity 🕷🇪🇺

EM_HealthPsych

On the #DigitalPicketLine today because I am, quite simply, knackered. So, a thread on getting through the #UCUstrikes in one piece, energy, #solidarity, academic life and the challenges of joining

Andrew Hungerford

hungerf9

If we in small arts organizations stop making, we cede the whole field to large institutions. This crisis is going to further push economic inequality, and there's a real danger

Crystal Tai

crystalpher_

I visited HKU in the middle of protests, and spoke to cleaners and part-time staff, who’d been instructed to keep on working.. Many HKers are struggling to stay afloat, and

Jamil F. Khan

JamilFarouk

You know what’s interesting to me about the “SAns don’t save” conversation:Even if you could save some money, it usually means you have to live like an animal to maintain

Shruti Rajagopalan

srajagopalan

I agree with everything Ruchir Sharma writes in this op-ed. But I still think it's only part of the lockdown story. 1/nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/sunday/india-coronavirus-lockdown-inequality.html Not having severe restri

Donna Imam

donnaimamTX

A thread. We’re NOT all in this together. In Monday's edition of @nprfreshair Nelson Schwartz talks special privileges for the super-rich.Missing from the discussion is that middle and upper class

Megan Ford

megangf19

On Sun. in Kentucky, groups gathered to exercise their 2A rights and protest the stay at home orders by the state. They went so far as to hang a doll