贫富不平等

法国经济学家托马斯·皮凯蒂在《二十一世纪资本论》中，以跨越数百年的海量数据揭示：财富向少数人集中是资本主义的内在规律，而非历史异常。若他的结论正确，当前全球经济正加速走向与民主制度相悖的寡头统治，人类或已在这条道路上行走了数百年。

The economist Sir Paul Collier has spent his career thinking about how to solve global poverty. So how are we doing? Well, not as badly as you might think. He describes the current state of the world and shares thoughts on where we might usefully focus next.

Anna Rosling-Rönnlund collects photographs of everyday objects from the richest to the poorest households. Even a toothbrush, she says, can reveal a world of inequalities.

It’s safe to say that economic inequality bothers us. But why? Harvard philosopher T. M. Scanlon offers four reasons we should tackle — and fix — the problem.

Rich and poor, left and right, we all agree the world should be more equal. Dan Ariely and Michael Norton have spent the past decade analyzing the data. Now, they tackle what to do next.