World Economic Forum participants called on to demand higher taxes on the super-rich
Money is needed from corporations and the ultra-rich to reduce poverty and inequality, empower women, transform food systems and overhaul energy systems
Achieving Earth for all
The changes needed to achieve sustainable well-being for everyone are so big, they require people everywhere to put pressure on governments which must respond or be replaced by it.
Putin’s war is damaging the developing world
The rise in oil and food prices owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting poorer countries the hardest
New strategies are required to control food-price inflation
Food-price inflation has a direct effect on people’s lives — and it hits the poor the hardest
Inequality manifests in stimulus
Structural forces mean emerging economies can’t offer the necessary Covid-19 fiscal-relief packages
Biometric data poses grave risks to privacy
The technology is permeating every facet of our lives, but few countries have laws to make it safe
Modi attacks universities
By threatening students and academics, the Indian government seeks to create a compliant nation. But it is also a push towards disaster
IMF wilfully takes austerity road
East Asia 1998, Greece 2008, Argentina 2018. The fund knows the suffering its loans cause, yet it has gone ahead in Ecuador
Global tax for multinationals gains traction
Multinational companies have been gaming the rules of the global economy to minimise their tax liability — or even eliminate it
Global tax for multinationals gains traction
Tax avoidance hits developing countries hard because companies’ declared profits are more sensitive to tax rates than in developed countries.
