Wealth Inequality

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility
an aerial view of a housing estate in Luton
Housing

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility

House prices surged between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s. A new study from the Institute of Fiscal Studies breaks down how it drove inequality among the next generation
The UK's 'millionaire exodus' is a humongous myth. Here's why it keeps rearing its ugly head
Private jet at Orlando airport with door open
Wealth

The UK's 'millionaire exodus' is a humongous myth. Here's why it keeps rearing its ugly head

What could Elon Musk do with $1 trillion?
Elon Musk in 2015
Elon Musk

What could Elon Musk do with $1 trillion?

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival

Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?
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Could a wealth tax convince young people to vote Labour?

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We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon. I
Adriana Abdenur

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivering the autumn budget in 2024.
Howard Reed and Martin O’Neill

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Economics
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Wealth

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: 'Obscene'
wealth - elon musk
Trillionaires

World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: 'Obscene'