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New episode is out!

Ahead of the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) founding committee meeting in Johannesburg this week, we speak with Dr. Wanga Zembe on #inequality as lived experience & explore what an IPI could shift in global policy.

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Our second episode of celebrating #poverty ##changemakers 🤩
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>> @equalshope.bsky.social
>> #taxpayersagainstpoverty
>> #Impoverished by Joanna Mack
>> #CommonGround Nature Writing Prize
>> Algorithms & Empathy event at #Skollforum week

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In the @povertyunpacked.bsky.social's latest ep, @keetieroelen.bsky.social describes EQUALS as a go-to platform on inequality & how to tackle it. And she is right.

🎧Listen to the episode here: poverty-unpacked.org/2026/04/19/e...

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We’ve measured inequality. We’ve reported on it. Leaders agree it’s a crisis.

So… what happens next?

New EQUALS episode explores the idea of a global panel on inequality (IPI)—and what it could change.

Next up: Dr. Wanga Zembe-Mkabile from the panel.

🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-making...

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Firm Discipline of the Rich By Max Lawson

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By: Max Lawson on Saturday, May 24, 2025

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Reaching Five Alive By Max Lawson

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Published on Saturday, October 11, 2025

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Do women have better sex under socialism? Max Lawson on why women were more equal and had better fulfilling relationships under socialism.

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By: Max Lawson on Saturday, March 14, 2026

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Elephants and Giraffes: The importance of absolute inequality By Max Lawson.

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Published on Saturday, September 20, 2025

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Debt Justice to Overcome the Inequality, Climate and Nature Crises By Matthew Martin

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Published on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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Agnès Callamard on Rising Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Fight for Human Rights Her urgent reflections on the twin crises of authoritarianism and wealth concentration—and why people around the world are already mobilising to defend freedom, dignity, and equality.

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Published on Monday, February 2, 2026

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Two Summits, Two Futures: Reflections from Joburg During the week of 17th – 22nd November, Johannesburg became the epicentre of two contrasting visions for our future — one that seeks to tinker and preserve a broken system, and another that dares to build a new system to replace it.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Thursday, December 11, 2025

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Health Apartheid | Private Profit vs Public Health — How South Africa Is Fighting Back Listen now | Anna Marriott and Dr. Aquina Thulare on healthcare financialization and the fight for universal health.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Tuesday, December 2, 2025

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Gary Stevenson on how wealth inequality is destroying the world economy Former Citibank trader turned wealth tax champion on wealth inequality, economic failure and why we must tax the rich now

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By: Equals Bulletin on Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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Public Services: Lifelines in Crisis Omar Ghannam explains how privatization drives inequality, bankrupts families, and why rebuilding strong public systems is the path to justice.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Monday, November 10, 2025

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FROM TYPHOON HAIYAN TO COP30: Marinel Ubaldo on Climate Justice and What COP30 Must Deliver Listen now | A frontline youth leader on Haiyan, loss and damage, fossil fuel accountability, rebuilding communities, and the fight for real climate justice at COP30.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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Who Pays When Countries Fall into Debt? Matthew Martin on how debt repayments drain public budgets, deepen inequality, and force governments to cut services instead of standing up to creditors.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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Banking on inequality Demystifying the relationship between decisions made at central banks and inequality.

Banking on inequality - by Equals Bulletin - EQUALS

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Resisting the Rule of Repression How inequality, police violence, and broken politics are pushing people to protest — from Kenya to Nepal to France.

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By: Equals Bulletin on Thursday, January 22, 2026

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Gary Stevenson on Wealth Inequality and Falling Living Standards

Listened to @garyseconomics.bsky.social on the EQUALS podcast and loved the host saying that the problem is not migrants in boats, it's billionaires in yachts. open.spotify.com/episode/1xak...

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CENTRAL BANKS AND INEQUALITY. How inflation, interest rate and other monetary policies impact inequality.

Central banks and inequality: How inflation, interest rate and other monetary policies impact inequality.

Jordi Schroder Bosch, economist at @positivemoneyeu.bsky.social, on the Equals podcast in April (30 minutes)

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Why capitalism and democracy don’t mix…

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BILLIONAIRE COLONIALISM: Jason Hickel on how colonialism never ended and drives today’s extreme inequality. | EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy

Must-listen new podcast from @jasonhickel.bsky.social on billionaires, colonialism, and degrowth. shows.acast.com/equals/episo... #degrowth #ecosocialism #wellbeingeconomy

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The War on Women: Gaza, Genocide, and the Fight for Peace

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins the EQUALS podcast with Dr. Sarah Ihmoud, discussing what happens when women lead peace & the human cost of the war in #Gaza. open.spotify.com/episode/51qn...

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EQUALS: The Great Global Wealth Transfer — Thomas Piketty on Inequality Did you know that governments in Europe are able to spend 40 times more per child on education than governments in Sub-Saharan Africa?In this episode, world renowned economist Thomas Piketty breaks...

New EQUALS episode is out!

Thomas Piketty explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.

Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc

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🔴 Over 500 economists, including WIL co-director @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, call on world leaders to set up an International Panel on Inequality, as recommended by the Extraordinary Committee's report to the #G20, led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social

🔗Letter www.equals.ink/p/sign-on-le...

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500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’ World’s leading economists and experts on inequality from seventy countries are urging world leaders to establish an International Panel on Inequality.

I have joined 600+ economists and inequality experts from 70 countries in calling on world leaders to create a new, permanent International Panel on Inequality (IPI) – modelled after the IPCC – to address the global inequality emergency #G20SouthAfrica www.equals.ink/p/500-econom...

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Economists and inequality experts support call for new International Panel on Inequality Dear World Leaders,

Economists and inequality experts support call for new International Panel on Inequality
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Signed on this letter calling for a permanent International Panel on Inequality: a global, independent body to give policymakers the best evidence on the scale, causes, and consequences of inequality.

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Inequality is not inevitable. It's a policy choice.

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The Making of the International Panel on Inequality Isobel Frye and Katy Chakrabortty on the International Panel on Inequality—and what it aims to achieve.

New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode is out: The Making of the International Panel on Inequality

Isobel Frye & Katy Chakraborty take us inside the International Panel on Inequality (IPI): how it was formed, what it aims to achieve, and the challenges it faces.

www.equals.ink/p/the-making...

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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Isobel Frye & Katy Chakraborty take us inside the International Panel on Inequality (IPI): how it will be formed, what it aims to achieve, and the challenges it faces.

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