Listen to the Dear Leader Jeremy Corbyn and his fellow travellers, and one would think that economic inequality in the … Continue reading “Everything the left thinks it knows about inequality is wrong”

“A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” This quotation has been attributed to a whole range of undesirable people, … Continue reading “Almost everything the Left tells you about inequality is wrong”

On 11 November, the UBS European Conference 2015 hosted a panel discussion entitled ‘Income Inequality: Consequences and Solutions’. The IEA’s … Continue reading “Did inequality cause the Visigoth invasion of Rome?”

Income inequality is usually measured by the Gini coefficient. The Gini goes from 0 to 100, with 0 representing total … Continue reading “Income inequality: the facts”

Barack Obama is said to have described inequality as the ‘defining challenge of our time’ and Ed Miliband has made … Continue reading “Fact check: Income and wealth inequality in Britain”