Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality

Forty prominent economists and academics have signed an open letter urging the UK government to join a new United Nations initiative on global inequality, The Guardian reports. The signatories include Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, University College London professor Mariana Mazzucato, London School of Economics vice-chancellor Larry Kramer, and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level.

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