InequalityNovember 1, 2018
How Economic Inequality Harms the Environment
Power imbalances facilitate environmental degradation—and the poor suffer the consequences
The Science of Inequality
How high economic inequality negatively impacts nearly every aspect of human well-being—as well as the health of the biosphere
BehaviorNovember 1, 2018
Income Inequality’s Most Disturbing Side Effect: Homicide
Where financial disparities are greatest, the murder rate tends to be high
BehaviorNovember 1, 2018
How the Trust Trap Perpetuates Inequality
Corruption, distrust and inequality reinforce one another in a destructive loop
Public HealthNovember 1, 2018
How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm
The growing gulf between rich and poor inflicts biological damage on bodies and brains
ComputingNovember 1, 2018
The Harm That Data Do
Paying attention to how algorithmic systems impact marginalized people worldwide is key to a just and equitable future
ComputingNovember 1, 2018
Algorithms Designed to Fight Poverty Can Actually Make It Worse
How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead
PolicyNovember 1, 2018
The American Economy Is Rigged
And what we can do about it
PolicyOctober 23, 2018
A Nobel Laureate Explains the Rigged American Economy
The United States has the highest level of economic inequality of any developed country. Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, explains why he thinks the American economy is rigged, and what that means for future generation.
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