Climate change and poverty interact through housing, livelihoods, health, infrastructure and recovery capacity, leaving poorer households with fewer options after shocks.
Amartya Sen reshaped welfare economics by asking what resources actually enable people to do, from escaping famine to expanding freedom and capability.
Inequality in society includes unequal income, wealth, opportunity, security and power. Learn how these gaps form, persist and affect mobility.
The gap between rich and poor extends beyond income to wealth, debt, security and opportunity, shaping mobility and advantages across generations.
The economics of subsidies explains why governments support selected goods and groups, along with the benefits, fiscal costs and market distortions involved.
