A tale of two cases: Covid infections lay bare Beijing’s wealth disparity
HONG KONG – One person toiled at dozens of construction sites across the city. The other shopped in luxury stores and went skiing. Both got … Read more
Wealth
Mega-rich's wealth rockets during pandemic while millions in the UK plunge into poverty
According to Oxfam research, a new billionaire is being created every 26 hours – but 160 million people have been thrown into poverty Amazon founder … Read more
Molly-Mae Hague sorry after severe backlash against 'tone deaf' wealth and privilege comments
Social media influencer and former Love Island contestant Molly-Mae Hague has finally apologized publicly for controversial comments she made as a guest on the Diary … Read more
Soaring inflation could hamper Biden’s effort to narrow wealth, racial disparities
And because low-income workers are more likely to be Black and Hispanic, their average weekly earnings for full-time jobs was significantly lower than that of … Read more
How would a wealth tax work – and who'd pay it? Millionaires urge Sunak to tax them more
Ahead of this week’s autumn budget, a group of 30 millionaires has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to introduce a wealth tax for Britain’s richest … Read more
Massive leak of documents called 'Pandora Papers' link world leaders to secret wealth
WASHINGTON – A massive leak of financial documents has been published by several major news agencies on Sunday allegedly tying world leaders to secret stores … Read more
Pandora papers: Everything you need to know as secret wealth of politicians and celebrities exposed
Nearly 12 million documents revealing alleged tax avoidance, hidden wealth and money laundering by some of the richest and most powerful in the world have … Read more
Kyrsten Sinema’s Grapes of Wealth
An Instagram photo by Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). (Kirsten Sinema / @kyrstensinema via Instagram) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 … Read more
Why Many Americans Don’t See The Racial Wealth Gap
Over the past year and a half, the pandemic has been a powerful reminder of how unequal America still is. But it wasn’t a “memory” … Read more
Bake Sales and Tesla Raffles: The Unequal World of PTA Wealth
The Green Lake Elementary Parents Association in Seattle posted a sign on the outside of the school during Teacher Recognition Week in May. (Neal Morton … Read more
