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Piketty: Diagnosing inequality and prescribing a dose of anti-corruption

25 August 2014 in Access to information, Financial Markets, Poverty and development, Private sector

It’s the blockbuster policy book of the year: Thomas Piketty’s weighty Capital in the 21st Century, a 600 plus-page analysis of the scale and perils of rising inequality. As Piketty argues, wealth and return on capital are growing faster than the overall economy and income from labour. Making matters worse, labour income is becoming increasingly […]

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The Toll of Fraud in Academia

27 June 2013 in Cost of Corruption, Education, Private sector

Higher education has historically provided enhanced opportunities for economic achievement and upward mobility for future generations. But that path to success may be in jeopardy for many because of the increasing costs of earning a university diploma. Moreover, the inflated cost of higher education is being fuelled, in part, by financial fraud and corruption. This […]

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