global inequality
Coverage of global inequality in the Nexus archive.
- Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
A United Nations report warns that the rapid development of artificial intelligence may increase global inequality as adoption and investment in the technology grow unevenly worldwide. The report highlights that reliance on foreign AI models and infrastructure can grant access to AI while reducing control over its standards and local applicability.
- Elon Musk poised to make history as world’s first trillionaire
SpaceX's record-breaking IPO has propelled Elon Musk toward becoming the world's first trillionaire, against a backdrop of growing concerns about global inequality.
- Thomas Piketty's lab proposes ambitious plan to cut global inequality and curb climate change
French economist Thomas Piketty's lab proposes an ambitious plan to cut global inequality and curb climate change. The economist was in Montreuil, France, on June 17, 2024.
- Can the World’s Economic Firefighter Adapt to the 21st Century?
The article questions whether traditional economic institutions, like the IMF, can remain effective in addressing modern global financial challenges such as technological disruption, inequality, and climate change.