"Taking the question of measurement seriously is not a mundane methodological issue. Rather, measurement can be a valuable tool for probing more deeply into the meanings of race and ethnicity"
- Haley McAvay in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
To address ethnoracial inequality, important decisions must be made about categorisation, data and measurement.
In our latest blog post, Haley McAvay argues that race-focused research, and the policies it informs, would benefit from a diversity of measurements.
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Do technological advances complement human labour, boosting productivity and wages? Or do they lead to workers being displaced?
Our latest blog post examines the net effect of technological change on wage growth – and who the winners and losers are.
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¿Complementan las nuevas tecnologías el trabajo humano, aumentando su productividad y salarios? ¿O, por el contrario, desplazan a los trabajadores?
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“Categories are not neutral containers of meaning... they can constitute tools of political power that shape who and what becomes visible or invisible”
– Annalena Oppel on the problem of intersectionality relying on stable categories in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Intersectionality points to how social identities – like age, race & gender – combine to create unique experiences of discrimination.
But it treats the ‘protected categories’ themselves as distinct, stable facts. Annalena Oppel asks - is that a problem?
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“Eco-social contracts are framed as ecological imaginaries... that call upon humanity to reimagine a world and way of living: not as a plunderer, but as a partner with nature”
– Najma Mohamed in our latest blog post
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How do we reweave the bonds between people, power, and the planet?
Najma Mohamed argues that eco-social contracts are a crucial tool for systemic change, connecting ecological interdependence, historical justice, and a plurality of worldviews.
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Ghana’s debt crisis highlights how fiscal policy that’s influenced by creditor priorities affects the basic rights of vulnerable citizens.
What would a new approach – centred around human dignity, justice and accountability – look like?
Lucia Makamure explores #LSEInequalitiesBlog
“A country can have full enrolment of girls and boys in schools, yet still not be working towards broader gender equality or justice for women”
– Rosie Peppin Vaughan and co-authors in our latest blog post
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Despite more girls enrolling and completing school, there are still important gender disparities in educational experience.
Our latest blog post explores the importance of robust measurement for understanding gender inequality.
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"Widening access to capital markets is not just about financial resources, literacy, or risk preferences. It is also about who feels that investing is for them – and who does not"
– Robin Bachmann in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Why do some people invest and earn capital income while others do not?
It is often argued that people don’t invest because they don’t have the money, but Robin Bachmann shows that our self-concept may quietly shape participation.
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“Imagine you had to design a society without knowing your own place in it... Would you design one where a tiny elite accumulates unimaginable wealth while a third of children grow up in poverty?”
– @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social
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“As health systems succeed in improving population health, public backing for equitable policies may naturally increase”
– Marcello Antonini and Joan Costa-Font on health inequalities in our latest blog post.
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Talk of building a good society is often met with the charge of utopianism. But this is wrong, argues @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social.
The blueprint for a fairer society lies in front of us – but it requires moving away from “trickle-down” economics
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Those in worse health themselves tend to be *less* supportive of a fair healthcare system for society as a whole.
What does this mean for the creation of more equitable healthcare systems? Marcello Antonini & Joan Costa-Font explore
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What are the material barriers that prevent some researchers from attending academic conferences? Do “epistemic hierarchies” further limit participation and the open exchange of ideas?
Zehra Taşkın, Ivan Kislenko, Ayça Nur Sezen & Güleda Doğan explore
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Rather than a toxin that produces a sharp spike in mortality, inequality is “more like a fog that gradually seeps into every corner of social life”
– Richard Wilkinson & @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
“It's one thing to buy a private jet or a mansion, but quite another to buy off a judge, a legislator, a social network or a newspaper”
– @cabrowns.bsky.social of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social in our latest blog on the risks to democracy posed by extreme wealth concentration #LSEInequalitiesBlog
“Inequality has left such a deep imprint on health and wellbeing not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope and age”
– Richard Wilkinson & @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social
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The world's billionaires increased their wealth by $2.5tn in 2025 alone – as much as the entire wealth held by the poorest half of humanity.
@cabrowns.bsky.social of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social asks: is such extreme wealth inequality compatible with a democratic society?
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“The MAGA movement is not wrong about one thing. The US working class has been given the shaft by US firms, and the government (whether Republican or Democrat) has not protected them"
– @dont-d.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
“The plot was familiar, the plight relatable, and the struggles eerily similar to newspaper headlines today”
– Rafael Zhansultanov on the feeling of déjà vu reading Crime and Punishment in relation to today’s youth #LSEInequalitiesBlog
World leaders gather in Davos this week, but is the current economic system – large firms maximising profits while working class families fall ever further behind – on the brink of collapse?
@dont-d.bsky.social explores in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Crime and Punishment (1868) tells the story of a student pushed to the brink amidst ever deeper levels of debt and destitution.
Most disturbing of all, writes Rafael Zhansultanov, are the eerie similarities to the situation faced by young people today #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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“Low taxes on the super-rich are widely considered to be unfair and – crucially – this undermines support for taxing the middle classes”
– David Hope, @lhaffert.bsky.social & @julianlimberg.bsky.social on the hidden cost of low tax rates for billionaires
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“What concerned Plato… was that inequality drove citizens apart and made their mutual friendship virtually impossible”
– @laywilliams.bsky.social on why arguments against inequality do not boil down to mere “envy” of the rich
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The super-rich pay often pay *lower* total tax rates than the rest of the population. How do people respond when they are told about this?
New empirical research from David Hope @lhaffert.bsky.social & @julianlimberg.bsky.social in our latest blog post
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Are those who object to inequality simply voicing their envy of the rich?
If so, we must dismiss the principled arguments of Plato, Jesus, Hobbes, Mill and Marx, argues @laywilliams.bsky.social
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