New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a ...

Top households are grabbing a larger share of the nation's wealth, a trend experts say could accelerate due to tax cuts and ...

The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty, and a massive global recession. As ...

Many people who see economic inequality as a problem may still not grasp the extreme magnitude of the disparities you discuss ...

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The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...

Poverty remains one of the most pressing issues globally, with over 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty—on less than P123.70 per day. In the Philippines, the situation is equally ...

Research from the University of Johannesburg shows how inequality can demolish most of the benefits of positive economic growth and social grants for people living in poverty, especially during ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s ...

This is just one of the stories from our “I’ve Always Wondered” series, where we tackle all of your questions about the world of business, no matter how big or small. Ever wondered if ...

URUMQI, China—About a decade ago, some Western companies answered Beijing’s calls to invest in Xinjiang, an underdeveloped region in the country’s remote west. Some were drawn by the natural ...