On political representation: “Why not establish a mandatory quota for elected representatives from working class occupations?” – @vladimirbortun.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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Handcrafted products often carry labels that make individual artisans, skills and processes more visible.

But what about the pay and working conditions of the makers in question? @nazlialimen.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri explore #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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“The key question is not whether someone once grew up working class, but whether they currently depend on selling their labour to make ends meet” - @vladimirbortun.bsky.social on the class backgrounds of our politicians in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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With examples ranging from Prada to Dior, @nazlialimen.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri interrogate the stories and labels attached to craft products in the luxury fashion industry in Part II of their series on craftwashing #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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“Knowing that a product is genuinely handmade, or associated with a particular place and process, does not tell us how the people who made it were renumerated” – @rkdasgupta.bsky.social @nazlialimen.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri on “craftwashing” #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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Is UBI the answer to AI-driven job displacement?

Sir Christopher Pissarides and Kirsten Sehnbruch suggest not: “the social and psychological benefits of work should not be underestimated and cannot be replaced by income benefits”

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Brands market garments as “handcrafted” or “traditionally made”, often to justify premium prices.

But how are such claims verified and how are the proceeds shared? @rkdasgupta.bsky.social @nazlialimen.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri on “craftwashing” #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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AI-driven disruptions to the labour market require us to completely rethink of the role of government. But where to start when thinking this through?

Sir Christopher Pissarides and Kirsten Sehnbruch explore in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/4b9gWtL

“The new AI divide is not simply the gap between those who can and cannot use AI – it's between those who control the infrastructure of prediction and those who are made legible through it” – Massimo Ragnedda & Maria Laura Ruiu in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/b7wT5DC

AI debates often focus on whether algorithms treat people fairly. But the deeper inequality concerns who controls the infrastructures through which people are classified, predicted and acted upon, argue Massimo Ragnedda & Maria Laura Ruiu #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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Seven lessons for engaging the public on topics around extreme concentrations of wealth, wealth inequality and wealth taxes – latest blog post from Milly Shotter of @patmillsuk.bsky.social following their viral campaign this summer #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/i3ZADGW

How do you engage the public on wealth inequality?

Milly Shotter from @patmillsuk.bsky.social shares the thinking behind their “how much is too rich?” campaign, which has received more than 10 million views since the start of the summer #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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What responsibility do British institutions have for slavery, colonialism, and their continuing effects?

@ashaherten.bsky.social and co-authors argue that Afrikan Heritage Communities must shape the process of any public inquiry into reparatory justice

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Is the intensive, “mother-centred” model of childcare an immutable fact of human nature – or the result of social norms?

The answer has radical implications for closing the gender pay gap, writes Camille Landais in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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