Inequality

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has called for a nearly 100% inheritance tax on large estates and a national wealth tax, warning that economic inequality threatens society.

The Central Bureau of Statistics released the 2024 household expenditure survey, showing an average net monthly income of 22,555 NIS amid the Swords of Iron war. The Gini index dropped to 0.333, though vast socio-economic gaps persist between deciles.

Although it often flies under the radar, local government is one of the most important players in the education system. Municipalities spend thousands of shekels on every student, but they are less active when they need to understand exactly where the money is going. And also: how did it happen that a small and surprising city took first place in the ranking of investment in education?

In 2025, Elon Musk earned 2.5 million times more than the average Tesla employee. According to an AFL-CIO report, the income gap between top executives and workers in S&P 500 companies continues to widen significantly.

After three years in which children from the confrontation line in the south and north saw their homes evacuated, their classrooms closed, and their childhoods interrupted again and again, a computer for every child is no longer a message that suffices on its own. A real solution must include advanced physical infrastructure, academic equality of opportunity, and a continuous human and emotional...

Since the outbreak of the war, public spending has been expanded, but the bulk of the addition was directed to emergency response, evacuation, compensation, and initial rehabilitation, rather than to strengthening broad, universal, and stable public services.

Last month, Elon Musk crossed the trillion-dollar mark, and estimates suggest five more trillionaires will join him within a decade. Does all this wealth threaten democracy? And why are more and more warnings being heard on the subject?