White South Africans are quick to complain that affirmative action and black economic empowerment policies have stymied their ...
The latest World Bank report paints a sobering picture of the persistent challenge of inequality in the Philippines. With a Gini coefficient of 40.7 percent, the country remains mired in ...
PETALING JAYA: As Malaysia edges closer to its long-delayed goal of high-income status, economic mobility remains elusive – with over half of the poorest 20% of the population still trapped at the ...
In the 1890s, the French had a pithy expression to describe someone who was truly wealthy: “Riche comme un Argentin.” Rich like an Argentine. To the modern ear, that expression seems nonsensical, or ...