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The article informs on in different ways rich and poor are fending for themselves in South Africa. It mentions that police cannot control the crime and the community is angry, diepsloot has the fourth-highest rate of violent assault of any police precinct in the country, and addiction to nyaope- a mix of cheap heroin, cannabis, antiretroviral drugs and dilutants-is common.

The article focuses on a study conducted by Raj Chetty and his co-authors, which reveals that the absolute mobility (the chance that a child will go on to earn more than their parents) has dropped. It mentions that the gap in life-expectancy between rich and poor has widened even as that between Blacks and whites has narrowed down. It mentions that ultimate drivers concerning mobility could lie in family structure, parenting habits, exposure to crime.

The article offers information on voting trend in Africa. It mentions that ruling parties find it easier to corral old, poor and rural voters, as compared to young and rich vote. It also mentions that Kimuli Kasara of Columbia University and Pavithra Suryanarayan of Johns Hopkins University, who surveyed voting patterns in poor countries, many of them in Africa, found that the poorest fifth of citizens tended to vote more assiduously than the richest fifth.

The article focuses on the widening gap between rich and poor Chinese regions. Topics discussed include the challenge of closing the gap between inland China and its coast, economic conditions of China's south coastal region, China's wealthiest, the north-east that has been burdened by a legacy of state ownership and a rise in fiscal deficits.

The article discusses public services in Great Britain and the author's claim that wealthy individuals are receiving larger shares of British public spending as of 2015. Services for poor people are addressed, along with economic inequality and public services-related data released by Great Britain's Office for National Statistics. The economic aspects of public services such as education and medical care are examined, along with private school tuition in Great Britain.