Proposed International Panel on Inequality would do for inequality what the IPCC does for climate

Background

A proposed International Panel on Inequality would bring together independent evidence on the causes and consequences of widening disparities. The idea was in the spotlight at a 23 September event on the margins of the UN General Assembly's high-level week, convened by Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Spain. Secretary-General António Guterres said the richest 10 per cent of the world's population own 75 per cent of all wealth. Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz chairs the founding committee. The model is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC.