Inequality

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The uneven sharing of income, wealth, power and opportunity between people, groups or whole countries — not just a gap in money.

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Poverty is an absolute floor (not having enough); inequality is the gap (how unevenly things are shared). A country can cut poverty while inequality rises.

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A 0–1 score of how unequally income is shared: 0 = everyone equal, 1 = one person has everything. Higher means more unequal.

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Big gaps in power between actors, so some get to decide while others cannot — political inequality, not just economic.

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Economic (income/wealth), political (power/voice), social (gender/ethnicity/region) and global (between countries).

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Because the gains can go mostly to those already at the top, so average income rises but the poor see little benefit.

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That some inequality rewards effort and risk, attracts investment, and is an unavoidable by-product of a growing economy.

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That extreme inequality bypasses the poor, concentrates power unfairly, wastes talent and fuels instability, blocking genuine development.

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Economic inequality concentrates political power in a few hands, making politics less fair — inequality is about power, not just money.

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Some argue globalization has widened inequality (gains to the skilled and to capital), a recurring debate in the theme.

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When it is extreme and entrenched — leaving most people behind and distorting power — rather than modest and accompanied by rising incomes for the poor.