Demographics & Inequality

19+ hour, 14+ min ago   (158+ words) By John McGinnis, Sep 11 2026 Nondomination, in contrast, “calls for some amount of redistribution and the provision of public services such as health and infrastructure to ensure a level playing field in the economy,” also, in his view, requires a more…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago   (258+ words) Bob the Builder is back and this time he’s going green with E.ON Next to help the UK’s energy transition. The stop-motion character returns with Neil Morrissey providing his voice for the first time since 2011, in a campaign to…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (565+ words) In 2084 — the year my kids turn 63 and 65 — the United Nations forecasts that the world’s population will peak at 10.3 billion and then begin falling. Even before then, this process will be well along in some parts of the world. The population…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (741+ words) By James M. Hohman Some Ann Arborites will tell you the city’s changed a lot, and that it’s a bad thing. Some longtime Detroiters long for the days when there were more people around to create a real neighborhood. And someone…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (216+ words) Millions of households in Turkey have been driven into poverty due to the deepening economic crisis. In Turkey, where income inequality is deepening, whilst a segment described as “a handful of elites close to the ruling circle” has increased its…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (660+ words) Almost 200,000 pensioners in Scotland are missing out on benefits worth some £346 million a year, charity campaigners have claimed. Research from Independent Age found pensioners are missing out on an average of £2,199 a year in social security payments. If take-up of…...

9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (770+ words) See Yong Feng was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane on September 11–13. He explained in his presentation, “Degrowth and Ecosocialism”, how it would be possible for all people — in the Global South and Global…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago   (869+ words) Let's agree at the outset the world is a complicated place, and social scientists have exacting jobs when it comes to measuring civic phenomena with precision. After all, even careful studies raise follow-up questions: How much do their findings apply…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago   (310+ words) Median household income in the United States reached a record high in 2025, according to data released on Tuesday by the Census Bureau. Additionally, the data shows that median income increased 2.6 percent from 2024, when it was recorded as $85,210, putting household earnings…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago   (945+ words) Let me start with a figure from my own country. This week, Italy’s national statistics institute released new population projections. The median scenario projects the country’s population from 58.9 million in 2025 to 55 million in 2050 and to 45.8 million in 2080; the share of…...