With rents increasing faster than headline inflation, which reached 5.61 percent in February this year, those on the margins are trapped in a cycle of stagnation, often facing a difficult choice ...

The economist Arindrajit Dube believes that the answer to fixing America’s wage problem is to empower workers and set ...

This article is part of “Unaffordable America,” a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

The absolute number of dollars effectively paid in taxes by those below the poverty line may not be high, but each dollar ...

India’s envoy to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, launched a sharp attack on Pakistan, accusing it of “fabricating imaginative tales of Islamophobia” and weaponising religion amid a ...

The global economy must be reordered to ensure it serves ordinary people around the world rather than the “frivolous and destructive demands of the ultra-rich,” according to a leading UN figure.

Standard Bank economist Helena Mboti has warned that Namibia’s emerging oil and gas sector could exacerbate existing economic imbalances if the country does not rethink its current growth model. Mboti ...