2014 | Thomas Piketty

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for la...

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Since 2010 | Credit Suisse

A comprehensive and up-to-date resource: The Global wealth report analyzes the household wealth of 5.2 billion people across the globe. Multi-faceted and eye-opening.

2020 | Vandana Shiva, with Kartikey Shiva

Widespread poverty and malnutrition, an alarming refugee crisis, social unrest, and economic polarization have become our lived reality as the top 1% of the worlds seven-billion-plus population pushes the planetand all its peopleto the social and ecological brink.

In Oneness vs. the 1%, Vandana Sh...

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1996 | 2Pac

Lyrics: How many brothers fell victim to the streets? Rest in peace young n—, there's a Heaven for a G Be a lie if I told you that I never thought of death M n—, we the last ones left, but life goes on How many brothers fell victim to the streets? Rest in peace young n—, there's a Heaven for a G Be...

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2017 | Jay Z

Lyrics: Skin is, skin, is Skin black, my skin is black My, black, my skin is yellow Light n—, dark n—, faux n—-, real n—- Rich n—-, poor n—-, house n—-, field n—- Still n—-, still n—- I like that second one Light n—-, dark n—-, faux n—-, real n—- Rich n—-, poor n—-, house n—-, field n—- Still n—-, s...

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Since 2020 | University of Duisburg-Essen

The PhD program „Political Economy of Inequality” investigates extent, causes, and consequences of rising socio-economic inequality. While economic aspects of inequality are a key focus of the research, they are always contextualized with non-economic dimensions of inequality. Political, social, and...