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Continued Inaction Despite G20 Report on Worsening Inequality

Although inequality among countries still accounts for a far greater share of income inequality worldwide than national-level inequalities, discussions of inequality continue to focus on the latter.

Continued Inaction Despite G20 Report on Worsening Inequality | Inter Press Service

Time to Move Forward So We Don’t Go Back

In a world gripped by far-right populism, Spain’s progressive government proves that advancing the welfare state—not merely defending it—is the best vaccine against reactionary politics.

Time to Move Forward So We Don’t Go Back

Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?

No, they don’t

Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus? – People’s Policy Project

Make Polluters Pay

Proposal for a surtax on nfossil fuel industries’ profits

Eurodad-GATJ_Make_polluters_pay_november_2025.pdf

On the World Social Summit

A report from Isabel Ortiz

The World Social Summit in Doha: Time to Act | Inter Press Service

Let them eat Ozempic!

America gets its first trillionaire as people starve, while Trump hawks meds to suppress appetite. And as affordability becomes the new bipartisan goal, does that secretly play into oligarchs’ hands?

ESSAY: Let them eat Ozempic – by Anand Giridharadas

Report on Inequality

The Stiglitz report on Inequality for the G20, with interesting proposals

2-G20-Global-Inequality-Report-Full-and-Summary.pdf

European Social Model: key to growth and cohesion

As Europe faces mounting global challenges, its distinctive social framework may hold the answer to achieving both economic competitiveness and social cohesion.

The European Social Model: Key to Competitive Growth?

UNCTAD 16: the right conference at the wrong time

The 16th Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 16) took place last week amid global trade disruptions and a severe funding crisis across the UN system. While these challenges underscore the growing importance of UNCTAD’s role as a heterodox body for trade and other economic policies, they also made it a difficult moment to define the organization’s mandate for the next four years. Nevertheless, the outcome document was adopted by consensus and it includes several noteworthy innovations to UNCTAD’s role. 

UNCTAD 16 conference in Geneva: The right conference at the wrong time | Global Policy Forum Europe

Civil society’s demands for public services

On the year of the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, CSOs reassert the centrality of public services to the achievement of human rights and gender equality.

Civil society’s statement on public services – Eurodad

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