EQUALS
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A podcast, bulletin and blog about inequality —and how to tackle it. Deep-dive conversations with thinkers, political figures, activists and beyond.
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New episode is out ft @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
Oxfam’s latest inequality tracker shows billionaires hit an all‑time high in 2025. A staggering $24bn gained since Davos opened could fund nearly 200,000 nurses in the world’s poorest countries.
🔗 Read the full analysis from Equals Bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/billionair...
🔗 Read the full analysis from Equals Bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/billionair...
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Oxfam’s latest inequality tracker shows billionaires hit an all‑time high in 2025. A staggering $24bn gained since Davos opened could fund nearly 200,000 nurses in the world’s poorest countries.
🔗 Read the full analysis from Equals Bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/billionair...
🔗 Read the full analysis from Equals Bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/billionair...
Why do billionaires keep getting richer—without lifting a finger?
Former Citibank trader @garyseconomics explains why extreme wealth will naturally concentrates at the top unless it’s actively taxed.
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Former Citibank trader @garyseconomics explains why extreme wealth will naturally concentrates at the top unless it’s actively taxed.
Tune in▶️ : www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Why do billionaires keep getting richer—without lifting a finger?
Former Citibank trader @garyseconomics explains why extreme wealth will naturally concentrates at the top unless it’s actively taxed.
Tune in▶️ : www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
Former Citibank trader @garyseconomics explains why extreme wealth will naturally concentrates at the top unless it’s actively taxed.
Tune in▶️ : www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
New episode out: Resisting the Rule of Repression.
Assa Traore, Wanjira Wanjiru & Pawan Gautam share what pushed them into the streets & the cost when states respond to dissent with force.
Their stories reveal a shared pattern: inequality enforced through repression.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564
Assa Traore, Wanjira Wanjiru & Pawan Gautam share what pushed them into the streets & the cost when states respond to dissent with force.
Their stories reveal a shared pattern: inequality enforced through repression.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New episode out: Resisting the Rule of Repression.
Assa Traore, Wanjira Wanjiru & Pawan Gautam share what pushed them into the streets & the cost when states respond to dissent with force.
Their stories reveal a shared pattern: inequality enforced through repression.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564
Assa Traore, Wanjira Wanjiru & Pawan Gautam share what pushed them into the streets & the cost when states respond to dissent with force.
Their stories reveal a shared pattern: inequality enforced through repression.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/37e564
New episode is out ft @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
New episode is out ft @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
Gary made millions by betting on inequality. In this episode he explains the falling living standards, why the system favors the rich, & why #TaxTheSuperRich is clearest path to fairness.
Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/gary-steve...
#RuleOfTheRich
How much have billionaires made during Davos this week? 👀💸
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Oxfam just launched a new tool that counts billionaire wealth gains during #Davos — and the numbers are… wild.
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Oxfam just launched a new tool that counts billionaire wealth gains during #Davos — and the numbers are… wild.
🧵👇
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
How much have billionaires made during Davos this week? 👀💸
oxfam.org/en/oxfam-bil...
Oxfam just launched a new tool that counts billionaire wealth gains during #Davos — and the numbers are… wild.
🧵👇
oxfam.org/en/oxfam-bil...
Oxfam just launched a new tool that counts billionaire wealth gains during #Davos — and the numbers are… wild.
🧵👇
Just in 10 days into 2026, the richest 1% have already burned their entire carbon budget. The top 0.1% did it by Jan 3.
The bottom half of the world emits so little it could go years without passing the same threshold.
Read more in our latest bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/pollutocra...
The bottom half of the world emits so little it could go years without passing the same threshold.
Read more in our latest bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/pollutocra...
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Just in 10 days into 2026, the richest 1% have already burned their entire carbon budget. The top 0.1% did it by Jan 3.
The bottom half of the world emits so little it could go years without passing the same threshold.
Read more in our latest bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/pollutocra...
The bottom half of the world emits so little it could go years without passing the same threshold.
Read more in our latest bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/pollutocra...
Who owns your healthcare?
In this episode @annamarriott.bsky.social and Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal how private profit is squeezing public health and deepening inequality.
🎙 Listen here: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
In this episode @annamarriott.bsky.social and Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal how private profit is squeezing public health and deepening inequality.
🎙 Listen here: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Who owns your healthcare?
In this episode @annamarriott.bsky.social and Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal how private profit is squeezing public health and deepening inequality.
🎙 Listen here: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
In this episode @annamarriott.bsky.social and Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal how private profit is squeezing public health and deepening inequality.
🎙 Listen here: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
💥 Did you miss our episode with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social?
He breaks down how global financial rules & debt drain the Global South while wealth keeps flowing up and explains why the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social is much needed.
Listen: pod.fo/e/3679cc
He breaks down how global financial rules & debt drain the Global South while wealth keeps flowing up and explains why the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social is much needed.
Listen: pod.fo/e/3679cc
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
💥 Did you miss our episode with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social?
He breaks down how global financial rules & debt drain the Global South while wealth keeps flowing up and explains why the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social is much needed.
Listen: pod.fo/e/3679cc
He breaks down how global financial rules & debt drain the Global South while wealth keeps flowing up and explains why the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social is much needed.
Listen: pod.fo/e/3679cc
Missed our latest episode?
'The War on Women', a powerful conversation on why peace lasts longer when women lead.
We explore how from Gaza to Northern Ireland women are rebuilding communities and reshaping what peace means.
Listen: pod.fo/e/33d2a1
'The War on Women', a powerful conversation on why peace lasts longer when women lead.
We explore how from Gaza to Northern Ireland women are rebuilding communities and reshaping what peace means.
Listen: pod.fo/e/33d2a1
January 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Missed our latest episode?
'The War on Women', a powerful conversation on why peace lasts longer when women lead.
We explore how from Gaza to Northern Ireland women are rebuilding communities and reshaping what peace means.
Listen: pod.fo/e/33d2a1
'The War on Women', a powerful conversation on why peace lasts longer when women lead.
We explore how from Gaza to Northern Ireland women are rebuilding communities and reshaping what peace means.
Listen: pod.fo/e/33d2a1
This season on the EQUALS podcast, each episode led to the same place every time:
🔺 Wealth flowing up
🔻 Public services getting squeezed
⚠️ Inequality becoming an emergency
🗳️Democracy is shrinking
A thread 🧵👇
🔺 Wealth flowing up
🔻 Public services getting squeezed
⚠️ Inequality becoming an emergency
🗳️Democracy is shrinking
A thread 🧵👇
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This season on the EQUALS podcast, each episode led to the same place every time:
🔺 Wealth flowing up
🔻 Public services getting squeezed
⚠️ Inequality becoming an emergency
🗳️Democracy is shrinking
A thread 🧵👇
🔺 Wealth flowing up
🔻 Public services getting squeezed
⚠️ Inequality becoming an emergency
🗳️Democracy is shrinking
A thread 🧵👇
Education spending per child in Sub-Saharan Africa is 40× lower than in the Global North — but not by choice.
It’s what happens when countries are forced to send more money to rich countries through debt & unequal financial rules. This is extraction.
🎙️ Thomas Piketty: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
It’s what happens when countries are forced to send more money to rich countries through debt & unequal financial rules. This is extraction.
🎙️ Thomas Piketty: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Education spending per child in Sub-Saharan Africa is 40× lower than in the Global North — but not by choice.
It’s what happens when countries are forced to send more money to rich countries through debt & unequal financial rules. This is extraction.
🎙️ Thomas Piketty: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
It’s what happens when countries are forced to send more money to rich countries through debt & unequal financial rules. This is extraction.
🎙️ Thomas Piketty: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
#𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 | 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2025
November asked the big questions:
🌍 Who profits while the climate burns?
⚖️ How can law, activism, and frontline communities turn injustice into accountability?
We dug into climate justice, inequality, and public services 👇
November asked the big questions:
🌍 Who profits while the climate burns?
⚖️ How can law, activism, and frontline communities turn injustice into accountability?
We dug into climate justice, inequality, and public services 👇
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 | 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2025
November asked the big questions:
🌍 Who profits while the climate burns?
⚖️ How can law, activism, and frontline communities turn injustice into accountability?
We dug into climate justice, inequality, and public services 👇
November asked the big questions:
🌍 Who profits while the climate burns?
⚖️ How can law, activism, and frontline communities turn injustice into accountability?
We dug into climate justice, inequality, and public services 👇
New @EQUALS episode is out!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New @EQUALS episode is out!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explains why we urgently need the International Panel on Inequality proposed by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and supported by South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Norway.
Tune in: pod.fo/e/3679cc
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🎧 Listen to this podcast to explore the key findings of our newly launched World Inequality Report with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
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New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎧 Listen to this podcast to explore the key findings of our newly launched World Inequality Report with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
👇👇👇
👇👇👇
New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
December 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
'Universal, publicly financed healthcare — free at the point of need — is one of the most powerful ways to fight inequality.'
Anna Marriott lays it out in our latest episode.
Full episode: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
#HealthForAll #UniversalHealthcare #Inequality #EQUALSPodcast
Anna Marriott lays it out in our latest episode.
Full episode: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
#HealthForAll #UniversalHealthcare #Inequality #EQUALSPodcast
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'Universal, publicly financed healthcare — free at the point of need — is one of the most powerful ways to fight inequality.'
Anna Marriott lays it out in our latest episode.
Full episode: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
#HealthForAll #UniversalHealthcare #Inequality #EQUALSPodcast
Anna Marriott lays it out in our latest episode.
Full episode: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
#HealthForAll #UniversalHealthcare #Inequality #EQUALSPodcast
🚀 What a year for EQUALS
Our 2025 #SpotifyWrapped offers a clear picture of how EQUALS is growing as a space for conversations on inequality and economic justice. Here’s the breakdown.👇
Our 2025 #SpotifyWrapped offers a clear picture of how EQUALS is growing as a space for conversations on inequality and economic justice. Here’s the breakdown.👇
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚀 What a year for EQUALS
Our 2025 #SpotifyWrapped offers a clear picture of how EQUALS is growing as a space for conversations on inequality and economic justice. Here’s the breakdown.👇
Our 2025 #SpotifyWrapped offers a clear picture of how EQUALS is growing as a space for conversations on inequality and economic justice. Here’s the breakdown.👇
November was packed with global summits—#COP30, #WSSD, and the G20—which put inequality on the global agenda.
This week’s Bulletin dives into the G20 outcomes and spotlights Oxfam’s new report on Kenya’s inequality crisis.
www.equals.ink/p/negotiatio...
This week’s Bulletin dives into the G20 outcomes and spotlights Oxfam’s new report on Kenya’s inequality crisis.
www.equals.ink/p/negotiatio...
Negotiation November and Kenya’s inequality crisis
Amid a whirlwind of bilateralism, Oxfam Kenya’s latest report is shining a light on the country's inequality crisis.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
November was packed with global summits—#COP30, #WSSD, and the G20—which put inequality on the global agenda.
This week’s Bulletin dives into the G20 outcomes and spotlights Oxfam’s new report on Kenya’s inequality crisis.
www.equals.ink/p/negotiatio...
This week’s Bulletin dives into the G20 outcomes and spotlights Oxfam’s new report on Kenya’s inequality crisis.
www.equals.ink/p/negotiatio...
“In my country (South Africa), 16% of people command 60% of specialist doctors. That’s structural violence.”
Dr. Aquina Thulare explains why health can’t be a commodity and why South Africa is fighting to dismantle health apartheid.
▶️ Listen: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
#HealthEquity #SouthAfrica
Dr. Aquina Thulare explains why health can’t be a commodity and why South Africa is fighting to dismantle health apartheid.
▶️ Listen: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
#HealthEquity #SouthAfrica
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“In my country (South Africa), 16% of people command 60% of specialist doctors. That’s structural violence.”
Dr. Aquina Thulare explains why health can’t be a commodity and why South Africa is fighting to dismantle health apartheid.
▶️ Listen: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
#HealthEquity #SouthAfrica
Dr. Aquina Thulare explains why health can’t be a commodity and why South Africa is fighting to dismantle health apartheid.
▶️ Listen: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
#HealthEquity #SouthAfrica
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New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode is out — Health Apartheid.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of healthcare privatization and how South Africa is fighting back with national health insurance reforms.
Tune in ▶️: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of healthcare privatization and how South Africa is fighting back with national health insurance reforms.
Tune in ▶️: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode is out — Health Apartheid.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of healthcare privatization and how South Africa is fighting back with national health insurance reforms.
Tune in ▶️: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of healthcare privatization and how South Africa is fighting back with national health insurance reforms.
Tune in ▶️: pod.fo/e/35e5c8
🎧New EQUALS episode is out! 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐃.
Private equity is turning hospitals into money machines.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of financialization of healthcare & how South Africa is fighting back.
Tune in▶️: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
Private equity is turning hospitals into money machines.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of financialization of healthcare & how South Africa is fighting back.
Tune in▶️: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🎧New EQUALS episode is out! 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐃.
Private equity is turning hospitals into money machines.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of financialization of healthcare & how South Africa is fighting back.
Tune in▶️: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
Private equity is turning hospitals into money machines.
@annamarriott.bsky.social & Dr. Aquina Thulare reveal the real cost of financialization of healthcare & how South Africa is fighting back.
Tune in▶️: www.equals.ink/p/health-apa...
She survived Typhoon Haiyan at 16. Now she’s telling the world why it wasn’t a natural disaster.
Hear her on justice, loss & damage, and what leaders must deliver next.
Listen to the new EQUALS episode ft Marinel Ubaldo👇
pod.fo/e/355184
Hear her on justice, loss & damage, and what leaders must deliver next.
Listen to the new EQUALS episode ft Marinel Ubaldo👇
pod.fo/e/355184
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
She survived Typhoon Haiyan at 16. Now she’s telling the world why it wasn’t a natural disaster.
Hear her on justice, loss & damage, and what leaders must deliver next.
Listen to the new EQUALS episode ft Marinel Ubaldo👇
pod.fo/e/355184
Hear her on justice, loss & damage, and what leaders must deliver next.
Listen to the new EQUALS episode ft Marinel Ubaldo👇
pod.fo/e/355184
When Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, 16-year-old Marinel Ubaldo watched homes lift into the air like paper & people swept away with nowhere to run.
That moment changed everything for her & it shaped her fight for climate justice.
Full episode👉https://pod.fo/e/355184
That moment changed everything for her & it shaped her fight for climate justice.
Full episode👉https://pod.fo/e/355184
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, 16-year-old Marinel Ubaldo watched homes lift into the air like paper & people swept away with nowhere to run.
That moment changed everything for her & it shaped her fight for climate justice.
Full episode👉https://pod.fo/e/355184
That moment changed everything for her & it shaped her fight for climate justice.
Full episode👉https://pod.fo/e/355184
At COP30, corporate lobbyists are everywhere — and the super-rich are locking the world into disaster.
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equals.ink/p/climate-pl...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At COP30, corporate lobbyists are everywhere — and the super-rich are locking the world into disaster.
equals.ink/p/climate-pl...
equals.ink/p/climate-pl...