Topics
Poverty and inequality
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Working but Poor: Why UK Families Struggle Amid Record Poverty
21st November 2024
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10% surge in CEO pay during 2023
5th January 2024
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4.2.2 Inequality (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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4.2.2 Inequality (Edexcel)
Study Notes
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Income and Wealth
Study Notes
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Measuring Inequality - The Palma Ratio
Topic Videos
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Gini Coefficient
Study Notes
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Inequality - Incomes of richest 1% in the USA surge
22nd February 2023
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Stiglitz on the Case for 70% Tax Rate on High Income Earners
23rd January 2023
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How to make poor areas richer
20th January 2023
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Does the UK need a wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires?
17th January 2023
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Call for wealth tax as number of UK billionaires jumps 20% since 2020
19th December 2022
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Fixing inequality and insecurity in the USA
8th October 2022
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Countries with the Highest Income Inequality
12th September 2022
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Surge in UK CEO pay reignites debate over CEO pay caps
22nd August 2022
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The Decade The Rich Won
1st February 2022
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UK Energy Crisis - Updated Blog on the Fuel & Energy Crisis
23rd January 2022
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Poorer UK towns found to have the most betting shops
24th August 2021
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Regional economics - Seaside poor health overlooked
21st July 2021
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UK sees first mid-recession wealth boom since the mid-1940s
12th July 2021
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Why concentration of wealth makes the US economy fragile
24th June 2021
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DRC’s rich soil bears few riches for its miners
17th May 2021
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Regional Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa
5th April 2021
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Living standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK in 2016
21st July 2016
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Working Poverty - 3 Jobs and still Poor
6th September 2016
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Oxfam report on UK inequality
13th September 2016
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The size and power of Global Corporations - a quick resource for the classroom
13th September 2016
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Childcare key to cutting inequality
15th November 2016
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Carney on popular disillusionment with capitalism
6th December 2016
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RIP Sir Tony Atkinson
1st January 2017
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Finland give €560 basic income to unemployed
3rd January 2017
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Is Inequality Set to Decline?
19th January 2017
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Inequality and Hyper-Globalisation
23rd January 2017
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Inequality linked to export complexity
21st February 2017
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Two very different cartoons on inequality.
22nd March 2017
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Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index
Study Notes
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Micro Finance (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Monetary Policy - Interest Rates and Inequality
Study Notes
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National Income and the Standard of Living - Revision Presentation
Teaching PowerPoints
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Wage Differentials in the UK (Labour Markets)
Study Notes
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Wealth and Income Inequality (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Aspects of Globalisation - Revision Presentation
Teaching PowerPoints
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Inequality in the UK Economy
Topic Videos
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The Lorenz Curve
Topic Videos
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Alternative Measures of Income Inequality
Topic Videos
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Brazil - Economic Growth and Development
Study Notes
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Covid crisis fuels food price rises for world's poorest
30th January 2021
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The problem is poverty, however we label it
22nd January 2021
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UK cannot duck covid inequalities
5th January 2021
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Is Trickle-Down Economics Dead?
21st December 2020
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Live now, pay later economy comes at a heavy cost for us all
30th August 2020
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This is Poverty
23rd May 2020
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The unequal impact of coronavirus
9th April 2020
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Number of UK workers living in poverty rises for third straight year
8th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - The Bigger Picture
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: What is happening to Inequality Now?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - What is Happening?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: How Do We Measure Inequality?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - Why Should We Care?
4th February 2020
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Who are the super-rich in the UK?
23rd January 2020
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Development economics - new essays for practice
Practice Exam Questions
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Income Inequality and Wealth Inequality
Topic Videos
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Six tax-based ways to tackle inequality
18th December 2019
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Distribution of Income (2019 Update)
Topic Videos
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Persistent Poverty
Study Notes
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Capital in the 21st Century - The Official Trailer
31st May 2019
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Why The Inequality Gap Is Growing Between Rich And Poor
31st May 2019
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A* Evaluation on a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Topic Videos
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Poverty Reduction in Low Income Countries
Teaching PowerPoints
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Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty
Study Notes
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Low Pay in the Labour Market
Study Notes
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Can a universal basic income help society?
14th February 2019
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Measuring Income Inequality
Topic Videos
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The Dutch Historian who savaged the Davos Elite
2nd February 2019
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Poverty and Inequality (Quizlet Revision Activity)
Quizzes & Activities
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Universal Basic Income - Student Essay
Study Notes
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Economics of Inequality (Revision Video)
Topic Videos
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What explains the divide between rich and poor?
Study Notes
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The Economics of Superstars
12th September 2018
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Think Tank calls for major reforms of the UK economy
6th September 2018
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Sky News/IPPR poll on the UK economy - download our worksheet
5th September 2018
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Poverty’s Impact on Well-being
7th August 2018
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Poverty Trap
Study Notes
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Macroeconomic Objectives and Conflicts (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Market Failure - Income and Wealth Inequality
Study Notes
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Inequality of Income and Wealth
Study Notes
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China - Economic Growth and Development
Study Notes
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Absolute and Relative Poverty
Topic Videos
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Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK in 2018
20th June 2018
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Globalisation and Inequality (Revision Essay Plan)
Practice Exam Questions
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Fiscal Policy and Inequality (Revision Essay Plan)
Practice Exam Questions
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What is Universal Basic Income?
18th September 2016
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Esther Duflo: Poverty Not Only Lack of Money
19th April 2018
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Should the Super-Rich Pay for a Universal Basic Income?
16th April 2018
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The World Poverty Clock
21st March 2018
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Do globalisation and world trade fuel inequality?
2nd January 2018
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Are we asking the wrong questions about inequality?
30th December 2017
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The Gini Coefficient
Topic Videos
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Poverty and Hardship - Foodbank use in the UK
Topic Videos
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Universal Credit - A Case Study in Government Failure
19th November 2017
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Inequality and Social Gradients - Deprivation and cause of Death
2nd November 2017
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World Bank adds two new poverty lines
16th October 2017
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Food Banks
Study Notes
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How Tax and Spending Policies Can Reduce Poverty and Inequality
20th September 2017
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Should the rich be taxed more?
2nd September 2017
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Interview with Richard Blundell
19th August 2017
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Fresh Perspectives on Wealth, Savings and Health Inequalities
8th August 2017
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Who cares more about inequality of income - the US or Norway?
12th January 2017
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The Modern Kuznets Curve - A Second Wave of Inequality
26th March 2016
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Inequality - What To Do About It?
18th May 2015
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Social Mobility - to intervene or not to intervene....
26th July 2016
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How does the 1% live?
9th March 2016
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The declining fortune of the millennials and Generation Y
7th March 2016
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Welfare reforms will hit the poorest new study finds
2nd March 2016
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Uneven economic growth in UK cities
1st March 2016
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UK household income and inequality: where do you fit in?
28th February 2016
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Reducing poverty - the importance of aspirations
24th February 2016
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Scale of UK food bank use continues to grow
10th February 2016
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Does UK government spending help the poorest – or the middle class?
3rd February 2016
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Oxfam report on wealth inequality - flaws in the data?
19th January 2016
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Today is 'Fat Cat Tuesday'
5th January 2016
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How much Inequality is Too Much?
8th January 2016
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Gender pay gap driving UK inequality
8th September 2015
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Two Sides of Inequality in Fast Growing Indonesia
12th December 2015
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The Big Issue of Poverty in the UK
2nd October 2012
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Inequality: The Gini Coefficient
15th April 2014
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Capitalism has made the world a more equal place
15th May 2014
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Inequality: a great induction topic for A2 economics
17th June 2014
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2014 Human Development Report focuses on Vulnerability
24th July 2014
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Is it helpful to talk about ‘relative poverty’ in the UK?
3rd October 2014
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Inequality and consequences for economic growth
6th October 2014
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The regressive effects of austerity?
17th November 2014
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Inequality in Big Cities
8th December 2014
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Putting a face on poverty
26th December 2014
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Why it's time for Doughnut Economics
26th December 2014
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The Economics of Enough
26th December 2014
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Crocodile tears for the poor
18th February 2015
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What is the Gini coefficient?
15th March 2015
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Wealth inequality in Africa
23rd March 2015
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Rising non-standard workers and growing inequality
21st May 2015
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Joseph Stiglitz on Inequality (June 2015)
28th June 2015
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Archaic definition of child poverty needs to go
8th July 2015
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Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries
9th July 2015
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Is the 2015 Budget Regressive for Poorer Families?
9th July 2015
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Monetary Policy and Inequality - New Evidence
27th August 2015
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Evidence on persistent poverty in the UK
18th October 2015
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HDI and the Palma Ratio
6th November 2015
