Chris Johns: American voters are facing as stark a choice in 2020 as Britons did recently

New books by Thomas Piketty and Joseph Stiglitz call for a more equitable capitalism

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Piketty’s call for more aggressive redistribution may finally be answered by politicians

Housing issue is affecting disposable income, mobility, competitiveness and quality of life

ESRI study also reveals that State has largely bucked trend towards income inequality

Two centuries later, the ‘father of communism’ should not be judged on disciples’ excesses

He’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the French

Chris Johns: As a first step to cutting income inequality, let’s make pensions mandatory

People well housed should pay a bit more to help local authorities fund social housing

Europe Letter: Income disparity has bad effects and must be tackled, warns ECB chief

Paschal Donohoe on overly admiring takes on Thomas Piketty’s landmark C21

Practitioners of the ‘alchemy of finance’ appear to be out of the dock

In the US and UK, the rich will get richer and the poor will get nothing

President’s decision not to seek re-election widely welcomed on both left and right

Its not as simple as the young and poor versus the rich and the old

Some disadvantaged groups have death rates up to six times that of better-off people

Irish experts among 300 who signed Oxfam letter ahead of anti-corruption London summit

Revenue says has sought access to papers of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca

Opinion: Those who argue that student loans will lead to a lifetime of debt do not see personal loans that way