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…
2021: YEAR OF HOPE? – With Climate Leader Christiana Figueres (& Nafkote Dabi!)
By Elizabeth Njambi 2020 ends. 2021 begins. How can we make sure this will be a defining year in the fight against climate breakdown? What has COVID taught us? And is it possible to be optimistic? We talk to Christiana Figueres – the global climate…
SCHOOLS OUT FOR COVID! – Fighting the New Education Inequality Crisis, with Dr. Prachi Srivastava and Linda Oduor-Noah
By Elizabeth Njambi COVID-19 has pushed over a billion kids out of school. What must we do right now to ensure this isn’t a “lost generation”? How does inequality affect access to education? And why do private schools present such a challenge to quality education…
WILL A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FIGHT INEQUALITY? – With Stephanie Kelton, “Rock Star” Economist
By Elizabeth Njambi Just what does the election of US President-elect Joe Biden mean for the fight against inequality, in the US and around the world? How might billionaires be feeling? What’s it going to take to put the right policies into place? What can…
How Covid and Inequality Feed Off Each Other: Launching the 2020 Commitment to Reduce Inequality Index
Max Lawson and Matthew Martin launch the new index, published by Oxfam and Development Finance International. Are more equal countries better able to cope with crises like Covid-19? When we look at humanitarian crises like famines or droughts, there is a fair amount of evidence…
NATURE VS. GREED – Meet Leading Climate Figure Hindou Ibrahim (with Tim Gore!)
How can we reimagine our relationship with nature? Why do we need to bring down the emissions of the rich more than all? How can we bridge climate science with indigenous knowledge? A profound interview with leading climate figure Hindou Ibrahim, an indigenous leader and…
IMF CHIEF KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA – ON COMMUNISM, CARBON, AND CORONAVIRUS
What a way to kick off season 3! Nadia Daar and Max Lawson start us off with a truly illuminating conversation with one of the world’s most powerful people, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”). What does communism have to do…
IS IT POPULISM OR FASCISM? – with Ece Temelkuran
This is an illuminating and fun conversation with award-winning Turkish novelist and political commentator Ece Temelkuran about the slide into a more authoritarian world. What’s driving this? Has the pandemic made it worse? And what’s it got to do with inequality? Ece is the author…
WHEN WE BROUGHT DOWN A DICTATOR – Meet Lidy Nacpil
This episode, we talked to Lidy Nacpil-Alejandro, a truly legendary activist fighting for justice to this day. She played a part in bringing down Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship. She’s fought inequality for over forty years and is on the front-line of the fight against climate change….
The redistributive impact of fiscal policy indicator: A new global standard for assessing government effectiveness in tackling inequality within the SDG framework
What do the World Bank, Oxfam, and the Commitment to Equity Institute have in common? All seek to reduce inequality through policy choices; find fiscal policies critical to this end; and have taken collective action to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework is well-equipped…