Our people have a saying, to wit: For as long as you have bugs (lies) in your hair or clothes, there will always be blood on your nails. This is so because you must repeatedly and constantly seek out the tormentors and extirpate them before you can have respite. Until the problem of the Alapere canal is positively sorted out by Lagos State Government, those of us who suffer from its adverse effects can only keep quiet to our peril. Fortunately, reports are that LASG is preparing a massive intervention on canal and flood matters in the state for the…

The rise of populist movements and street protests from Chile to France has made inequality a high priority for politicians of all stripes in the world's rich democracies. But a fundamental question has received relatively little attention: What type of inequality should policymakers tackle? Inequality looms larger on policymakers’ agenda today than it has in a long time. With the political and social backlash against the established economic order fueling the rise of populist movements and street protests from Chile to France, politicians of all stripes have made the issue an urgent priority. And whereas economists used to fret about…