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The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

What does government support for fossil fuel subsidies cost our economy and environment?

Experts say government subsidies for private companies sustain the environmentally unsustainable, and lead to inequality and poor business practices.

ABC News

Mental health in the UK is about to get worse – and inequality will have a lot to do with it

The UK government’s recent mini-budget has come in for a lot of criticism. Its effect on stock markets, pensions and the value of the pound have barely been out of the news. As a clinical psychologist, one issue I find alarming, but has barely been discussed, is the possible effect…

The Conversation

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The case for a common Asean currency

It's fair to say there exists a level of social and economic inequality within Asean.

Bangkok Post

What is the IMF and what did it say about the Government’s fiscal plans?

The IMF claims the £45 billion-worth of tax cuts will likely increase inequality in the UK

Evening Standard

IMF urges UK to "re-evaluate" tax cuts on inflation concerns

The International Monetary Fund has urged the U.K. government to “reevaluate” a package of unfunded tax cuts that it says may fuel inflation and are likely to increase economic inequality

The Independent UK

IMF urges Kwarteng and Truss to rethink tax cuts in rare intervention

Mini-Budget measures will likely increase inequality, says global lender

The Independent UK

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IMF criticises Government tax plan saying it will ‘likely increase inequality’

There is international pressure on Kwasi Kwarteng to change course after his mini-budget spooked the markets with its package of tax cuts and increased borrowing.

Evening Standard

IMF urges UK government to reconsider tax-cutting plans

International Monetary Fund says measures should target households worst affected by energy crisis and inflation

The Guardian - UK

Older people left out as UN speeches repeatedly invoke young

As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the U.N. General Assembly, world leaders have largely left out mention of the planet’s aging population

The Independent UK

Thousands will die in cold homes this winter without pension justice, peer fumes

Baroness Glenys Thornton, shadow equalities minister in the House of Lords, said it was "shamefull" that an estimated 3.6 million women whose pension age was unexpectedly raised have not been compensated as she addressed members of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign

Daily Mirror

Cauvery dispute: Absence of Central govt. action prompted Supreme Court to assert authority, says author

Leela Fernandes’s ‘Governing Water in India: Inequality, Reform and the State’ chronicles inter-State river water-sharing disputes of Tamil Nadu with neighbouring Karnataka and Kerala

The Hindu

Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity

Every five years the Productivity Commission is charged with examining everything that can be done to lift Australia’s productivity.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer, if you really believe in a Labour government, tell us why we should believe in it too

With Truss fuelling poverty and inequality, Starmer needs to show he’s ready for a titanic battle, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Evening Standard

OneLove campaign not enough to address Qatar issues before World Cup, insist human rights campaigners

Human rights campaigners have criticised the Football Association’s (FA) OneLove campaign, saying it does not do enough to address inequality and discrimination in Qatar.

The Independent UK

Rising support for increased taxes and public spending amid inequality concerns

The public is supportive of Government cost-of-living intervention at a similar scale to its actions during the pandemic, research suggests.

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation prods UN, honors inspiration as Goalkeepers

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates combined characteristic optimism with sobering questions about persistent gender inequality and hunger at an event the Gateses’ foundation convened on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly

The Conversation

Governments' use of automated decision-making systems reflects systemic issues of injustice and inequality

In 2019, former UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said he was worried we were “stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia.” He had been researching how government agencies around the world were turning to automated decision-making systems (ADS) to cut costs, increase efficiency and target resources. ADS are technical systems…

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The Guardian - UK

The era of low interest rates is ending – its legacy is inequality and toxic politics

Over the past 14 years, older homeowners have continued to benefit – creating an unpleasant form of economic progress, says sociologist and political economist William Davies

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand’s world-beating jump in wealth down to ‘rise of landed gentry’, says economist

Warning of increasing inequality as global wealth report shows average wealth per adult in NZ jumped US$114,000 in 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Warns Global Leaders: The World Is in ‘Great Peril’

Warning that the world is in "great peril," the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded…

France 24

UN chief warns that world is in ‘great peril’ as leaders arrive for General Assembly

Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded…

AAP

Parliament conduct watchdog 'no panacea'

A body enforcing a code of conduct in federal parliament would not be able to fix all its cultural issues but would help drive change, an inquiry has been told.

The Guardian - UK

Forget ‘levelling up’ – Liz Truss isn’t even pretending to care about inequality

Under Boris Johnson, the agenda failed because of incoherence and incompetence. For our new PM, the problem’s ideological, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Radio France Internationale

Battle of the sexes as French activists feminise European heritage

A French group is unearthing the hidden contributions to cultural heritage made by women at an event that runs alongside the European Heritage Days. Despite some progress, the arts remains one sector where inequality between men and women is rife.

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