Aroop

I head up a research project looking at wealth inequality in Global South. Also educating myself on decolonial thinking. All opinions are my own etc

[Aroop @aroopc82]

Excited to announce the release of our paper on wealth #inequality in South Africa🇿🇦 with @amorygethin and @Leo_Czajka.
📝Extreme wealth inequality, no decline since end of Apartheid
📊The top 10% own 85% of private wealth; the bottom 50% are net debtors

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@lenorepalladino @UMassEcon sounds so exciting - please add me to the share list of you don’t mind

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@h1llbillies @scottygb @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Uh I’m E in bbs r burn. E. Rve

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@TravelCTM_UK What a joke! Helplines are supposed to ... help. No one picks up or just passes on the issue. Now we have to resort to social media in our desperation.

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@TravelCTM_UK you put my family of four in a room for 2 adults. Unacceptable. I’ve called & told (after holding for over an hour)to email suppliers email who do things “urgently”. Nothing yet - completely unprofessional . No one answers the phone. Organise a transfer urgently

[Southern Centre for Inequality Studies @Wits_SCIS]

VACANCY 1 | We have an opening for an Associate Researcher (Wealth Inequality) in Johannesburg. Apply here: https://t.co/WGBDiU5dLm

Apply now & join our team!

#SCIS #vacancy #JobOpening #career #opportunity

@Wits_News @vowfm

[Nitin Sawhney @thenitinsawhney]

It’s here...
#immigrants

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@passengerpod But when? Any proposed date? Looking forward to it

[Southern Centre for Inequality Studies @Wits_SCIS]

The #wealth #inequality in SA work by @aroopc82, @Leo_Czajka and @amorygethin is cited in this ruling by the @ConCourtSA

🔗 https://t.co/AfT4xynxPA

More on the paper and their work here: https://t.co/XzwtpoQI4Y & https://t.co/WSKKkMreUT

👏👏Great impact colleagues

[Musa Okwonga @Okwonga]

On this day twenty-five years ago, The Fugees released “The Score”, their seminal second LP, which would sell 22 million copies and be hailed by many as one of the greatest albums of all time. Here’s my essay for @ringer about the legacy of this record: https://t.co/54vex2ASCy

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@gchelwa @WitsUniversity @AfrikanStudies @tmkandawire A really nice tribute. One of my favourites is his succinct critique (read:murder) of The Development of Capitalism in Africa

[World Inequality Lab | WID.world @WIL_inequality]

3⃣ #SouthAfrica is the most unequal African country:
🔸 the top 10% individuals capture 65% of the national income

📊 Data: https://t.co/l0aJWJ6305
👉 https://t.co/StPBGbs6cn

#GlobalInequalityData #EconTwitter

[Aroop @aroopc82]

Look forward to reading it

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@NicholasGuyatt @threadreaderapp unroll please

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

What to do with Covid Debt? Money is part of the solution but will not be enough. Sooner or later, the wealthiest will have to be called upon.
https://t.co/epxLcdADMF

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@Pauls_Homemade Wow - this is worse than the original statement. Please share with us your announcement of “introducing South Africa’s first Cookies & Cream ice cream in a cone”

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@JHBWater What about #Killarney? 4 days and counting

[Aroop @aroopc82]

@JHBWater what’s going with #Killarney? 4 days and counting

[Southern Centre for Inequality Studies @Wits_SCIS]

MEET: Ravi Kanbur (@Cornell), guest speaker @Wits_SCIS Annual Lecture as he answers #7QsforAcademics ➡️: https://t.co/cYKRAxoqyB.

His talk, #Inequality in a Global Perspective is based on this paper: https://t.co/P9ewwnDmq0

Registration details on the poster. NO RSVP required

[Afua Hirsch @afuahirsch]

In a former life, when I thought you cd politely persuade people not to be racist

Their response? "If you don't like it here, LEAVE". Which I'm yet to hear said to a white British person

Racism is telling black people who have a critique of their own country, they should leave

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

In the face of the Black Lives Matter protests, some detractors are insisting that we celebrate the British government for abolishing slavery. Here's why that is ridiculous: