Recent elections, G20 summits, and CEO pay scandals have brought inequality to the forefront of the news. Economists often point out that decisions on, say, tax policy in this arena depend on ...

Financial inequality is a global issue that has a profound impact on individuals and society. It has recently garnered significant attention in the asset management industry. Historically, inequality ...

The U.S. economy is more dependent than ever on the lavish spending of the wealthiest, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. The top 10% of earners (households making $250,000 per year or more) ...

People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: A median of 60% across 36 countries say that rich people having too much political influence leads ...

Vida Maralani began her career studying whether education is, in fact, the ticket to socio-economic advancement and reducing inequalities, as she’d been taught. “I’ve evaluated some of the most ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is ...

In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including the gap between the rich and the poor, unequal rights for men and women, ...

A dress worn this week by Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), which bore the message "tax the rich," set off a wave of debate over how best to address wealth inequality, as ...

One way to understand our national erosion of inclusion, replaced by an ascendant strain of intolerance, is as a reaction to growing inequality. The right has weaponized legitimate fears about ...