Issue 504 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
July-August 2017
The Equality Effect
Why should we hold out any hope for greater equality when the very richest people in the world are taking more and more? In this July-August edition of New Internationalist, guest editor Danny Dorling looks at the arguments for more equality and why they make sense.
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The Equality Effect
Danny Dorling begins his series of articles by presenting the evidence that greater equality benefits everyone, rich and poor –...
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Letter from Cochabamba
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