Our new #InequalityIndex reports shows that at a time when govts are supposed to increase spending on critical social services, 84% of them have cut budget shares going to education, health and social protection since 2022 inequalityindex.org

Governments across the globe are giving up on the fight against inequality: here’s what they should do instead… Anthony Kamande on the new Oxfam International / Development Finance International analysis of 164 countries' commitment to reducing inequality views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2024/10/cri-re…

Governments across the globe are giving up on the fight against inequality: here’s what they should do instead. Latest duncangreenlse.bsky.social from Anthony Kamande frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/cri-report-24/

Worryingly, governments across the globe are giving up on the fight against inequality. Anthony Kamande highlights what should be done following the latest Oxfam International's analysis of over 160 countries' Commitment to Reducing Inequality. equals.ink/p/governments-…

Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

UNITED STATES: CNBC reports the wealth of the top 1% has hit a record high of $44.6 trillion

.Oxfam International estimates that the top 1% in #G20 countries now account for 31% of total wealth, up from 26% two decades ago. “Leaders at the Rio Summit can end the decades-long assault on taxation that’s been waged by the ultra-rich,” said Viviana Santiago. euronews.com/business/2024/…

After being taught that education and work were the path to ‘getting on’, millennials have learnt the hard way that the vast wealth being inherited by the children of property-owning parents is far more important than any idea of social mobility. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/the-ne…

New on inequalitylab.world: "Firms as tax shelters: The disguise of personal expenses as business expenses", by D. Leite Key finding: individuals who control firms shift 36% of their monthly personal expenditures to firms Conclusion: inequality is underestimated;

I keep saying this. Public education in KE wasn’t perfect. But it was the closest we got to a successful national project. Communities were proud of their schools. Society could make credible contracts with the next generation through it. All that mostly gone.

Great oped by Kaushik Basu with Oxfam International stats of last year on why the rich should join the collective action against inequality. On Monday, we release our 2025 annual inequality. brookings.edu/articles/the-r…

“The hospital is for high-class people.” The World Bank invested billions of dollars in private hospitals from Africa to Asia to improve healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Appalled but not surprised. Oxfam International evidence finds same!

NEW: Oxfam International's global inequality report🧵 Billionaires gained $2 trillion in 2024, 3x the rate of '23. At this pace we expect 5 trillionaires in a decade. While billions live in poverty. We dive deep on colonialism, inheritance & the bold action we need: oxf.am/TakersNotMakers

At the same time, the number of people living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged since 1990. #TakersNotMakers 2/

Want to tackle inequality? Start with fair taxes and giving the Global South a real voice at the IMF and World Bank, says Anthony Kamande, in the latest blog in our #Davos2025 series views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/01/global… World Economic Forum #TakersNotMakers #FightInequality

My latest piece as the super-rich gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum annual meeting . #TakersNotMakers #TaxTheSuperrich

Ordinary people are routinely told the wealth of the rich is all because of their hard work. Latest Oxfam data show a large part of the wealth of the rich belong to them from the time of their birth. This implies that many rich people begin to work hard before they are born.

Listen to this new ODI Global podcast picking up on our #Davos report with Oxfam’s Anthony Kamande: "How can we fix a system that fuels rampant inequality?" at buzzsprout.com/1943759/episod…

Looking forward to moderating the panel on International Tax Cooperation with an impressive set of panellists. #CDMAnnualDialogue #TaxTheSuperRich

Had so much fun talking with folks on the streets of NYC about their views on tax fairness. The people know what's up. Check it out!👇