Urban inequality scaling throughout the ages: Ancient and modern cities show predictable elite wealth patterns
For as long as people have built cities, they have been centers of both opportunity and inequality. In ancient times, this ...
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The Elites’ Big Lie on Inequality
There are not many issues on which there is largely bipartisan agreement, so the story we tell about the origin of economic ...
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This ‘real-life Rapunzel’ reveals her beauty choices that became a real pain in the neck
A woman branded a “real-life Rapunzel” by her friends and family says she decided to chop a meter off her hair because she got bored of it. Anaram Alizadeh, 25, blamed her lengthy locks for ...
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Malaysia’s latest income inequality trends explained, according to the World Bank
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Malaysia has the highest rate of income inequality among peers nearing high-income status, with intra-ethnic disparity being the biggest contributor despite the widely-held ...
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How AI reinforces gender bias—and what we can do about it
From hiring decisions to healthcare diagnoses, AI systems can amplify gender inequalities when trained on biased data ... Gender bias in AI has deep consequences in real life. “In critical areas like ...
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The real cause of income inequality
Yet Americans' real disposable income went up a mere 0.7 percent the same year. What happened to the workers' raises? Don't ask. Remember: You're lucky just to have a job. From our morning news ...