Category: Income Inequality

How Are New Yorkers Handling the Costs of Child Care?

The New York Times is interested in exploring how New York City residents are navigating the costs and challenges of care.
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’

With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship.
The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners

In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.
Why China’s Censors Are Deleting Videos About Poverty

Xi Jinping says he has defeated poverty, but discussion of economic struggle is taboo, scrubbed from the internet and banished from the news.
What I Learned Dogsitting for New York City’s Opulent Elite

In a city of yawning class inequality, some side hustles let you glimpse how the other half lives.
French Business Titans Top Forbes’s Richest List

Two French business titans, Bernard Arnault of the LVMH empire and Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers of L’Oréal, are named the world’s wealthiest man and woman.
Now, Poorer Children Are Falling Behind on the Playing Field

The New York Times – Sports:
Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than their more affluent peers.
The Head Spinning Reality of Venezuela’s Economy

The New York Times – Business:
After years of extreme scarcity, some Venezuelans lead lives of luxury as others scrape by. The nation of grinding scarcity has increasingly become one of haves and have-nots.
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West

The New York Times – Sports:
The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
Teachers, Facing Increasing Levels of Stress, Are Burned Out

The New York Times – Business:
According to one recent analysis, over half of teachers surveyed are considering quitting. Here are five that already have.
The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It

The New York Times – Business:
A wave of new treatments have cured devastating diseases. When the costs are too much, even for the insured, patients hunt for other ways to pay.
Who Benefits When Salary Info Is Public?

The New York Times – Business:
It’s good for pay equity, and it can be good for managers, but it’s not so good for superstars.