When schools close, inequality widens
Whenever something happens in Punjab, the government’s first response is to close educational institutions. In a province with the highest number of out-of-school children in the country, and where students…
Gender inequality
THE issue of gender inequality is not peculiar to Pakistan. Realising that such discrimination prevailed in every sphere of life everywhere, the International Labour Organisation framed the Equal Remuneration Convention…
Inequality fuels violence
With each passing year wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of a smaller and smaller number of individuals and corporations. It is estimated that by 2030 the richest 1% in…
Debt, inequality and austerity
‘In most western countries, inequality is rising, and social mobility has stalled. Our citizens are losing purchasing power. They are struggling to find a decent job, to buy a proper…
Rising oligarchic power, ballooning inequality, and the quality of democracy
Decades of Neoliberalism led retreat of regulation, and greater inclusion of private sector to provide essential public goods and services of essential nature has increased corporate power disproportionately both in…
The inequality equation
Inequality has always existed in Pakistan for at least one-third of the population which lives below the poverty line. There is no evidence of a drastic change over the decades…
Strike against inequality
This past Thursday night, just hours before the expiration of the United Auto Workers contract with Detroit’s Big Three, UAW president Shawn Fain had plenty on his mind. Most of…
Inequality, poverty, and austerity–I
Two reports recently released clearly indicate that in the wake of pandemic, not only has progress on sustainable development goals (SDGs) overall slowed down significantly, the very first goal in…
Inequality, poverty, and austerity — II
Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not learning from this experience of over-board implementation of monetary- and fiscal austerity…
A nation of savage inequality
Roughly 38,000 US veterans eat from garbage cans every day. So Fox News reported back in January, advocating a helping hand for homeless veterans. It was nice to see the…
