Luxury cars are an indulgence often out of reach for all but very wealthy people.Credit: Mike Kemp/In PIctures/Getty Between 2000 and 2024, the richest 1% of people captured 41% of all new wealth. By contrast, just 1% was captured by the poorest 50%. These and other data on both income and wealth inequality were outlined
Increasing inequality demands action. The richest 10% of adults globally receives more than half (53%) of the world’s income, whereas the poorest half receives 8%. Wealth is even more concentrated, with the richest 10% owning around three-quarters of global wealth while the poorest half owns just 2%1. Almost two-thirds of people live in countries where
Every week, it seems, a fresh opinion poll leads to shocking headlines: never have people been more afraid of the future, believed that their children won’t be as well off as them, or thought that their country is going in the wrong direction. Feelings of gloom about what lies ahead are particularly rife in the
Growing undocumented populations were linked to falling property crime and assaults — but more robberies.Credit: John Moore/Getty Neighbourhoods across the United States that experienced a growth in their undocumented population also saw property-related and violent crime fall, not rise, according to an analysis of 11,500 neighbourhoods in more than 100 cities. In a paper published
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