Discover Economics

Today I attended a Discover Economics session about wealth inequality in the UK, which focused on one of the factors that can contribute to differences in wealth over time: the gender pay gap.

Focused students are seated in a row, diligently working on their exams in a quiet classroom setting. This piece has been developed by Dilasha, a Year 12 student from Dartford. During a work experience placement with I-LEAD: Centre for Innovation, Leadership, Education and Development at King's Business School, Dilasha explored the Royal Economic Society's Diversity and Inclusio...

The world’s richest 1% have enjoyed a wealth increase of $33.9 trillion over the last ten years, more than enough to eliminate global poverty for over 22 years (Ables, 2025), whilst 3 billion cannot afford healthy diets. (Herforth, 2020) Wealth inequality has never been worse, and anyone outside that 1% should be worried. Figure 1: (Equality Trust, 2025) To explain how we got he...

“You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman, but also always be looking out for other people.” America Ferrera’s monologue in Barbie (2023) may have been written for cinema, but it reads like an economic parable. Across the developed world, falling birth rates are one of the most urgent demographic chal...