Inequality
Until gay marriage is legalized, you won't be able to have double chocolate ice-cream
Until Australia allows same-sex marriage, Ben and Jerry’s won’t serve two scoops of the same ice cream
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Global Issue
Industry
Economy
Key Issue
System Initiative
Inequality
Inequality
Iran introduced a basic income scheme, and something strange happened
A new report on an ongoing cash-transfer program launched in 2011 in Iran may buck the usual trends associated with it.
Inequality
Why we have to think beyond money to solve poverty
Alleviating poverty without degrading the environment and cultural values remains a significant global challenge.
Work
Finland's basic income experiment is already making people feel better after just 4 months
People taking part in Finland's basic income experiment are already reporting lower stress levels.
Inequality
Bill Gates's 7 predictions for our future
7 predictions Bill Gates has made for the future.
Leadership
Bill Gates is pretty good at predicting the future. This is what he thinks will happen next
7 predictions Bill Gates has made for the future.
Science & Technology
Diversity in the US, mapped
A new map created by astrophysicist Tomasz Stepinski shows how much racial segregation persists in many American towns, cities, and suburbs.
Economy
Build a ‘human economy’, says Oxfam. It could help Africa to fight extreme inequality
A new Oxfam paper argues that Africa can tackle its inequality crisis by putting the interests of people first.
University
Which countries provide their citizens with the best higher education?
What matters to the average resident of a country is not whether it has schools like Stanford or Oxford, but rather the quality of the universities their children are likely to attend.
Environment
Meet the doughnut: the new economic model that could help end inequality
Today’s global economy, riven with extreme inequalities, is running down the living world on which everything depends. How can we turn this around?
Leadership
Pope Francis: This is why the powerful need to stay humble
Pope Francis has given a talk via video to the TED 2017 conference, covering everything from a happy future to his message for world leaders.
Inequality
Is the solution to extreme wealth inequality really – Alaska?
Find out how land value, worker unions and something called the 'Alaska model' could put humanity back on course to shared prosperity.
Work
The four factors that decide how we feel about income inequality
Many people feel that the pay gap is out of control and needs to be corrected. But how?
Inequality
Gordon Brown: How we can build a bridge to universal education
Gordon Brown puts forward his vision for making universal education a possibility.
Inequality
15-hour weeks, basic income and doughnuts. Are these the big ideas that could end inequality?
With capitalism in need of fundamental reform, here is a list of some of the bold ideas that could challenge the status quo.