Global Inequality
Jury awards damages to Central American Dole workers
By D. Lencho, November 23, 2007
A jury in Los Angeles Superior Court has awarded close to $6 million to six workers in a lawsuit against corporate giants Dole Fresh Fruit Co. and Dow Chemical Co. The suit was filed in 2004 by 12 Cen...
World Wealth Report: a census of the global oligarchy
By Alex Lantier, July 12, 2007
The 2007 World Wealth Report, released last month by European consulting firm Cap Gemini and Wall Street firm Merrill Lynch, documents the numerical and financial growth of “high net worth indiv...
Forbes 2007 list: Nearly one thousand billionaires in the world, a misfortune for humanity
By David Walsh, March 10, 2007
Forbes magazine released its annual list of billionaires Thursday. There are now nearly one thousand billionaires worldwide—946 to be exact, according to the magazine’s calculations—...
US and UK worst places in developed world to be a child
By Ann Talbot, February 16, 2007
The United States and Britain are the worst places in the major industrialised nations to be a child, according to a new report produced by Unicef. The organisation, which usually highlights the pligh...
Financial Times cautions the “plutocrats”
By David Walsh, December 29, 2006
The Financial Times, Britain’s leading financial newspaper, published a remarkable editorial December 27 entitled “Seasonal cheers for new philanthropists.”
Report documents extreme levels of global wealth inequality
By Joe Kay, December 8, 2006
A report released Tuesday by a United Nations group documents the staggering levels of global inequality in household wealth. The report gives a partial portrait of a world society characterized by ex...
Worldwide drive to privatise water
By Paul Mitchell, September 13, 2006
According to the charity WaterAid “not a single additional person” has benefited from the promises the European Union made nearly five years ago regarding water and sanitation projects for...
Hunger and malnutrition increase in many parts of the world
By Barry Mason, June 7, 2006
Amongst the primary Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) proclaimed at the turn of the new century by the United Nations were the eradication of extreme poverty and a halving of the numbers suffering h...
Financial Times columnist warns about social inequality in US
By Ann Talbot, February 24, 2006
The Financial Times columnist Samuel Brittan, one of the first monetarist economists in Britain, has issued a warning that the United States cannot allow the gap between the pay of top executives and ...
UN Human Development Report pleads for reform as poverty and misery deepen
By Peter Daniels, September 16, 2005
The latest Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) documents the growing inequality and absolute decline in living standards and social conditions in large are...
G8 agrees to paltry debt forgiveness package
By Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland, June 15, 2005
G8 finance ministers have proclaimed the June 11 debt relief package for some of the world’s poorest countries as an historic agreement. In reality, the deal confirms the folly of looking to the...
Social mobility lower in US and Britain than in other advanced countries
By Jean Shaoul, May 25, 2005
A recent report focuses on how education affects the life chances of British children, compared with those in other countries. Researchers at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Bristol Universit...
