Beating back the Billionaire Variant
By Anthony Kamande In the informal settlement area of Kawangware in Nairobi, my friend Joe, a nurse, is quarantining in his small room after getting COVID-19 for the second time. He’s less concerned about the virus than his finances, which have deteriorated severely in the…
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…