I care about economic inequality. I teach a class on it. I wrote a book about it. Yet, recently, two different arguments have popped up with a seemingly similar conclusion: economic inequality hasn’t ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

As Congress debates tax cuts and safety-net reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill, a major line of attack against the proposal is that it would worsen inequality, which, to hear some critics tell it, ...

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked -- but a new study has taken a deeper look at the ...

AMES, Iowa – Job growth in the retail and service sector has not matched the wages of manufacturing and other middle-skill level jobs lost over the past decade in Iowa. The difference has contributed ...

Several studies by Thomas Piketty and his colleagues purporting to show that income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over the last 60 years have influenced the public’s views ...

A fisherman colony alongside commercial buildings in the Indian city of Mumbai, now Asia’s billionaire capital. A fisherman colony alongside commercial buildings in the Indian city of Mumbai, now Asia ...

A combination of lower salaries for high-end earners and higher wages for lower-income jobs compresses Hawaii’s income wage gap, meaning the islands have a more equitable distribution of income, ...

Discover how the top 5 per cent of households in Singapore hold one-third of the nation's wealth, and the government's approach to wealth inequality. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...