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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 #LSEInequalitiesBlog
- 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
- 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? #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
- “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 #LSEInequalitiesBlog
- 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 #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Es4zLlL
- 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 #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/FR7N6jn
- How is unemployment different for married men vs women? Do they face equal pressure – and receive equal time, space and emotional support – in the search for a new job? Or is it assumed that women have plenty to do at home? Aliya Hamid Rao explores #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/ydYqWv6
- How can class analysis – in the traditions of Marx, Weber & Bourdieu – help us think about wealth inequality in a more nuanced way? @norawaitkus.bsky.social explores in our latest post, which is our 100th since launching the blog 🎉 🎉 #LSEInequalitiesBlog
