Four questions for creative storytellers to reflect on if they're motivated to help tackle the problem of wealth inequality in drama series, movies and novels

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics

Elif Shafak discusses how art and literature can expose inequalities, break taboos and expand our worldview in an age of populist politics and polarisation

An extreme wealth line (EWL) defines a level where the harms associated with extreme wealth become socially unacceptable. It is not the same as a cap on wealth

Abstract. Social media have profoundly changed social communication practices across a vast range of contexts. To theorize these changes, numerous authors

A significant part of contemporary popular culture portrays the rich as obscene, self-destructive, addicted and deranged. This article analyses the affective intensities circulating around this tro...

Taxing wealth for fairness, revenue and growth

Podcast Episode · LSE IQ podcast · 02/09/2025 · 33m

We examine how multi-platform digital environments influence intra-party dynamics within political organizations, focusing on the Italian Five Star Movement (M5S) as a paradigmatic case of extreme ...

Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality.

Story Tech: Power, Storytelling and Social Change Advocacy by Filippo Trevisan, Michael Vaughan & Ariadne Vromen examines digital storytelling for advocacy.

Looking at perceptions of, and attitudes towards, wealth and wealth inequality — and how to increase public support for a fairer distribution.

Public event at LSE | Shabna Begum, Esiri Bukata, Kojo Koram, Mina Mahmoudzadeh, Mike Savage, Faiza Shaheen | Tues 10 June, 6.30 to 8.00pm

138 leaders of NGOs from across the UK, including Save the Children UK, Oxfam GB, World Vision UK, ONE, Christian Aid, Action Aid UK, Islamic Relief,

Personal stories are a strategic tool often used by advocacy movements to pursue claims for equality. In the 2023 Voice referendum campaign in Australia, person...

Public event at LSE | Ingrid Robeyns, Olivier De Schutter, Fernanda Balata, Gary Stevenson, Tania Burchardt | Thurs 6 March, 6.30 to 8.00pm

What do people talk about when they talk about inequality? To begin with, they probably don’t use the word “inequality” much at all, writes Michael Vaughan. More than elite-led debate about inequal…

Infosystem der ZUV

Seeing a New Type of Economic Inequality Discourse: Inequality as Spectacle in the “Billionaire Space Race”

Special Issue: Platforms, Power, and Friction. Guest Editors: Pawel Popiel and Krishnan Vasudevan. Volume 27, Issue 10 of Information, Communication & Society