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  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
    How the pandemic is worsening inequality

    Poor workers and nations suffer but rising markets boost the rich

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A better form of capitalism is possible

    Everyone loses from the growth of a precariat in rich economies

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    The revolving door Premium

    There is concern among progressives that a Biden administration could end up being a repeat of the Obama years

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Janan Ganesh
    The real class war is within the rich

    An academic blames ‘elite overproduction’ for political turmoil in the west

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    Place matters Premium

    Class — and in particular the geography of it — was even more important in this election

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    America’s other identity divide — class

    The issue played a critical role in the presidential election and will continue to sway politics

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    John Paul Rathbone
    Trump insulted but then boosted the Latino vote

    Often culturally conservative and allergic to socialism, Latinos weren’t courted by Democrats

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportWorld Economy
    Pandemic hits poor hit hardest as inequality rises

    Unlike Black Death, coronavirus has widened divisions, hurting low skilled, women and the young more than others

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    FT WealthRhymer Rigby
    It’s easy to hate the rich but harder to justify it

    On social media, the wealthy may be the only group you won’t be flamed for hating. But why is this? And is it acceptable?

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  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2020
    The battle for Ohio: Trump tries to retain edge with working class

    Biden makes inroads with suburban voters in state, which hosts first presidential debate on Tuesday

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Why loneliness fuels populism

    As curbs on socialising return, we need to examine the link between isolation and the politics of intolerance

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    FT WealthRhymer Rigby
    Rich should worry more about the health of the poor

    The pandemic highlights how inequality ultimately harms the well-being of the wealthy as well as the disadvantaged

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Lu Mai
    Make America great again by addressing inequality

    China learnt from overseas innovations, now the US can do the same

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump seeks to woo ‘suburban housewives of America’

    Critics accuse president of racism as he bases his appeal on opposition to low-income housing

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Q&ACoronavirus economic impact
    Q&A: How will coronavirus affect inequality in the years to come?

    The pandemic is not ‘the great equaliser’ it was thought to be at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis  

  • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Lockdown heroes: will they ever get a raise?

    The pandemic has created a sense of moral obligation towards key workers but high unemployment could limit their bargaining power

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Martin Wolf: ‘Democracy will fail if we don’t think as citizens’

    Covid-19 could transform western societies. But without a stable middle class, the state risks succumbing to plutocracy.

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Welcome the wokeness of the Federal Reserve Premium

    Monetary policy should look at the margins, not just the aggregate economy

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    UK Inequality
    UK income inequality was rising for two years before Covid-19 crisis

    Gap is widest between white Britons and those from black ethnic groups, says ONS

  • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    Black Lives Matter is about both race and class

    Protests over racial justice also have the potential to seed a new labour movement in the US

  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    FT Swamp Notes
    Will Democrats sweep Washington and Wall Street? Premium

    Recent polling shows that Donald Trump has only a 39 per cent approval rating

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    ReviewEconomics books
    The Economics of Belonging — globalisation for the left behind

    Martin Sandbu’s prospectus is a radical plan, but where is the radical who will do it?

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Why coronavirus has fuelled black America’s sense of injustice

    African-Americans have been especially vulnerable during the pandemic, laying bare disparities in health and employment

  • Friday, 5 June, 2020
    US employment
    African-American economic gap remains despite US expansion

    Protests underpinned by failure to address income and wealth disparities

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    George Floyd and the story of the Two Americas

    The killing has highlighted links between racial injustice and economic inequality

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