Lebanon is collapsing, and our ruling elites are watching from their superyachts
By Dana Abed and Sasha Al Hilani Lebanon, that small country on the Mediterranean, is rocked and rotten by core inequalities, that make life today on its premises insufferable – unless you are, of course, part of the oligarchy! For the past two years, Lebanon…
WHY WE NEED TO DREAM – Award-Winning Author Gary Younge on MLK, Inequality and Race
By Elizabeth Njambi A remarkable conversation with a great thinker and giant of journalism who has covered the great stories of our time. We ask what can be learnt from MLK about the fight against inequality? What holds back change and what is the role…
Bridgerton, Jane Austen and Inherited Wealth
By Max Lawson Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam International & EQUALS Podcast co-host My family & I really enjoyed the new Netflix period drama Bridgerton, a kind of technicolour Jane Austen pastiche soap opera which was great fun to watch. Like Austen’s novels, it…
Should we abolish billionaires?
We are kicking off 2020 with a new season of our Equals podcast, with a great interview with the person described as ‘the self-appointed scourge of well-meaning plutocrats everywhere’, Anand Ghiridharadas, the author of the brilliant book, ‘Winners take all: the Elite Charade of Changing…