More than 100,000 Americans with diabetes have limbs amputated each year. This is a crisis
Black Americans with diabetes are four times more likely to suffer amputations than white Americans
Our landmark book revealed the cost of inequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worse
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Labour should be emboldened by the popularity of policies aimed at breaking down inequality, say authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Inequality reporting
How much of a ‘fair go’ do Australians really have to escape poverty?
The Productivity Commission’s economic mobility report finds younger generations’ incomes may be going backwards and getting sick is bad for your wallet
June 2024
Hidden gems from the world of research
Why some inheritance regimes are more unequal than others
Torsten Bell
Wealth matters, but its effects on long-term growth can be surprisingly complicated, new research finds
May 2024
Grogonomics
Raising jobseeker is not ‘fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong
Greg Jericho
Inequality? That’s a bit rich!
Inequality reporting
Disposable income soared for richest Australians after pandemic began but went backwards for the rest, report says
None of us saw digital colonialism coming. Now we must live with its consequences
Julianne Schultz
April 2024
Yet again, we in Scotland have the lowest life expectancy in western Europe. Here’s how to improve it
Devi Sridhar
This new bill could wipe out smoking – the only losers would be those who profit from it
Chris Whitty
Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns
Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’
March 2024
Low-income California Latinos at higher risk from Parkinson’s-linked weedkiller
Analysis finds majority of paraquat, banned in 60 countries, is used in counties where Latinos make up 75% of the population or higher
January 2024
The Guardian view on inequality and the super-rich: the status quo is unsustainable
Editorial: Growing private wealth, combined with public austerity, is undermining the health of western democracies
December 2023
The Observer view on abolishing inheritance tax: a handout to the wealthy
If enacted in Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget, the move would provide a windfall for the richest at the expense of less affluent people
September 2023
The future of work
Europe’s workers face bleak winter as firms ‘profiteer’, says union chief
Now it’s clear: hard work doesn’t make you rich. Surely that’s the death knell for the myth of social mobility
Faiza Shaheen
August 2023
Earned income taxed twice as heavily as capital gains for some in UK, study finds
Thinktank says increasing capital gains tax rates to same as employment tax would raise £10bn extra
Tory fury as ministers axe key levelling up pledge to move civil servants from London
Offices in Birmingham and Newcastle said to no longer align with strategic requirements
The Guardian view on inflation: stop hitting homebuyers and squeeze the super-rich
Editorial: Interest rates are too blunt an instrument for an economy so finely balanced. It’s time to use taxes
