Oxfam report warns of danger ahead as gap widens between rich and poor COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | In 1990, just one in 10 ...

Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there ...

Miguel arrived in Britain from Latin America in 2018. He applied for asylum, saying he was fleeing gangsters who would kill ...

India has DUALITY — you never know what she’s going to give,” he captioned the clip, which has already crossed a million views and sparked a digital slugfest.

Some poorer nations hit by cuts in HIV/AIDS funding from rich donors have boosted their own spending in response, but not ...

Call it our big topic each Wednesday through Labor Day. We're kicking off another semester of Planet Money Summer School asking the biggest question: Why are some nations rich and others poor?

The anti-poverty charity Oxfam warns that growing inequality in Africa is hindering democracy. The four richest Africans have ...

Oxfam argued that government policies are skewed against the poor and provide leeway for the continent's super-rich to amass ...

The Philippines is a rich country, with an economy valued at $461.6 billion in nominal GDP and $518 billion in Gross National Income (GNI). The $518 billion is the 28th richest or largest on earth.

Developing countries, including Pakistan, are under serious debt crisis. More than accumulating the debt itself in recent ...

A Redfin report explains: “The combined value of nearly 100 million U.S. homes reached $49.7 trillion at the end of 2024, while the combined net worth of America’s wealthiest 1% has grown to a record ...