Eleven climbers killed as Indonesia volcano erupts, search on hold
Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as a
Government redistribution and development: A global perspective on taxes, transfers, and inequality
Despite a renewal of public and scholarly attention to inequality, little is known about the role of government taxes and transfers in shaping inequality across
Climate and conflict: Why COP needs to be reformed
Climate change is a global common, but its impact across the world is not common – it is very uneven. Mitigation of climate change also
Trends and inequality in lifetime earnings in France
Sharp increases in earnings and income inequality in the late 20th century generated heated policy debates and academic enquiry into the causes of distributional change.
Transmission of interest rate hikes depends on the level of central bank reserves held by banks
Banks with substantial central bank reserves are earning income from their reserve holdings in the ECB’s recent rate hiking cycle. This column uses new data
Canada, Google strike deal to keep news in search results
Canada and Google have reached a deal to keep news stories in search results and for the internet giant to pay C$100 million ($73.6 million)
Fintech firm SoFi set to exit cryptocurrency business
Financial technology firm SoFi Technologies is set to exit the cryptocurrency business and has given its customers the option to migrate to UK-based Blockchain.com, the companies
Microsoft to take non-voting, observer position on OpenAI’s board
Microsoft will take a non-voting, observer position on OpenAI’s board, CEO Sam Altman said in his first official missive after taking back the reins of
What happens at a COP climate summit?
Imagine a massive industry expo with the drama of a dozen simultaneous political conferences, a few flashes of impassioned protest and the occasional crowd crush
Distributional consequences of technology shocks through labour reallocation
The role of worker and job reallocation in an economy’s response to shocks and their impact on inequality is crucial, but less attention was paid
