The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost

April 08, 2013

Modern-day feudalism drives income inequality at Pun Hlaing Golf Estate.

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In Palm Beach, Donald Trump's exclusive golf resort sits next to county jail

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April 08, 2013

Members who have paid a $250,000 initiation fee play in sight of 1500 inmates living in a modern American slum.

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In India, water and inequality are intertwined

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March 04, 2013

Water access and quality are of grave concern to hundreds of millions of people.

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After the housing boom, opportunity dries up in Fernley, Nevada

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March 04, 2013

Once among the country's fastest-growing places, a town near the end of the Truckee River hit with economic drought.

Economics

In Nigeria, oil divides the rich and poor

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February 18, 2013

In Warri, Nigeria, oil barons bunker themselves off from the desperate poor, who are left without a steady income or basic services.

Economics

Big Spring, Texas: Where 'oil is God'

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February 18, 2013

Rig workers risk their lives to eke out a living, while oil titans thrive in gated communities of million-dollar homes.

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Channeling FDR, Obama puts income inequality front and center

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February 13, 2013

State of the Union speech demands tax reforms, jobs and education spending.

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Glaring class disparity gains attention ahead of Kenya's presidential election

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February 11, 2013

President Obama's focus on income inequality in America resonates with many in the land of his father.

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In Topeka, Kansas, a 'new generation of poverty' feels rising inequality

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February 11, 2013

In a deeply red state that is also part of President Obama's heritage, residents grapple with the government's inability to stem America's rising inequality.

Economics

England's shrinking middle class struggles to hold on

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February 04, 2013

An anxious middle class in the United Kingdom shares many of the same worries that keep the middle class in America up at night.

The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost

'Heaven and hell' side by side in Burma

In Palm Beach, Donald Trump's exclusive golf resort sits next to county jail

In India, water and inequality are intertwined

After the housing boom, opportunity dries up in Fernley, Nevada

In Nigeria, oil divides the rich and poor

Big Spring, Texas: Where 'oil is God'

Channeling FDR, Obama puts income inequality front and center

Glaring class disparity gains attention ahead of Kenya's presidential election

In Topeka, Kansas, a 'new generation of poverty' feels rising inequality

England's shrinking middle class struggles to hold on

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