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Why we need an International Panel on #Inequality
#Society

Drawing on comparative survey research from across Sweden, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the report explores these often invisible dimensions of work and shows just how widespread they are - and how closely connected to labour market #inequality

#Inequality: "In kaum einem anderen Land hängt der Bildungserfolg laut der Studie so stark von der sozialen Herkunft ab wie in Deutschland: Nur zwei Prozent der Jugendlichen aus sozial benachteiligten Familien schaffen es in den leistungsstarken Bereich, ...

To permit one human to hoard resources on the scale of a nation's entire endowment is logically and morally indefensible. Tax that hoard; enforce antitrust.
#Limitarianism #WealthTax #Inequality

So the RBA looks at #poverty and worsening #inequality that are driving widespread discontent and the rise of One Nation and the #FarRight, and says 'Hold my beer'.

If the PM is genuinely concerned about 'social cohesion', he should start with the neoliberal nightmare he presides over. #auspol

#Inequality/#Scenarios: "in some regions, lower-income people could be spending roughly 50% of their #income on #food by 2050, in contrast to higher-income groups that could spend about 5% of their income on food in the same areas."
phys.org/news/2026-09...

#Inequality: "'Looking across all 90 participating countries, there was not a single country with significantly wider inequality in reading scores than the US,' Michael Kieffer, a professor of literacy #education"