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Inequality

Inequality is the cross-cutting theme to all problems we need to solve: Be it the climate crisis or the division of society – you cannot fully understand the issues without thinking about inequalities. The United Nations have therefore formulated the reduction of inequalities as an independent sustainability goal of the 2030 Agenda, No. 10: Inequality should be reduced within and between countries – “Leave no one behind!”

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What are the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as SDGs? If you want more information about the SDGs, you find it here: 17 SDGs.

Different forms of Inequality

Because there is not “the one” inequality, it makes sense to take a closer look at the various forms. The distinction also helps to understand that different forms of inequality are intertwined and reinforce each other. The pandemic has not affected everyone equally, but mainly those on lower incomes, people with poorer access to education, and BIPoCBlack, Indigenious, People of Colour. If you are interested in a specific category, simply click on the category under the title of the post – and you will be taken to the topic and all posts related to it. Or simply choose one of the following topics and categories:

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Wealth of the 10 richest California billionaires grew by nearly 50% in the last year, making them the equivalent of a $16.3 million hourly wage

Oxfam | The analysis finds the 10 wealthiest Californians are now worth a collective $1.045 trillion, up $338.4 billion from March 2025. Oxfam released a new analysis showing how billionaire wealth in California has exploded over the last year, underscoring the need for tax reform to curb inequality...

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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026

UN | Development financing trends are going in the wrong direction, the United Nations warned today. In many areas, progress has not only stalled but is reversing due to weakened global collaboration, rising trade barriers, increased geopolitical tensions, repeated climate-related shocks, and an ala...

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UN Tax Convention: Summary of the Tax Justice Network’s stakeholder input after the Fourth Session of negotiations

Tax Justice Network | After four sessions of (sometimes heated) warm-up, the negotiations of the Convention are now entering into ‘crunch time’. Over the summer and in anticipation of the Fifth Session of negotiations in August, all three workstreams are expected to deliver new draft text of parts o...

| Bob Michel
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Untaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity

Oxfam | The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), reveals new Oxfam analysis published today ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers. The findings show that, a decade later, the s...

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Tax Billionaires Fairly Instead of Raising VAT – Ensure Equitable Financing of the Common Good

Press Release | The increase in value-added tax (VAT) currently being discussed by the federal government to cover public financing needs would be disastrous from both a distributional and economic perspective. It would primarily affect people with low and middle incomes, as well as transfer recipie...

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Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes

The Guardian | Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top one per cent owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. One man, Elon Musk, worth $805bn, owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households.

And that inequality is getting worse. Last year...

| Bernie Sanders
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