Inequality

The class divide and inequality in the state of California are currently at levels similar to those seen in Mexico, according to author and university professor Joel Kotkin. Kotkin, urban ...

Commentary Democrats and their liberal economic advisers obsess about income inequality. Will someone please tell them that no ...

The wealth gap, or wealth inequality, is posited as a major issue of our times.

Commentary The COVID-19 pandemic has produced unprecedented economic conditions. Around the world, millions of people have lost their ...

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Commentary As we embark on a new decade, do we approach the 2020s with hope or with a ...

In his book "Discrimination and Disparities," economist Thomas Sowell notes that a disproportionate percentage of first-born siblings become ...

Thomas Piketty captured something essential in the post-Lehman mood with his study of income and wealth differentials in ...

Private debt tends to grow faster than the overall economy. As debt grows relative to GDP, inequality increases ...

CLEVELAND—Two of the country's poorest cities are talking about a merger they say could help both, though they ...

Latin America has traditionally been the world's most unequal region, but it has recently shown signs of change. ...

Democracy appears to be malfunctioning in a fast-paced world. “The concept of the Western-style democratic system is that ...

India opened to the world in 1991 with its New Economic Policy that embraced economic liberalization and privatization. ...

Blacks and whites in America are "worlds apart," says a new study on race, which has a familiar ...

Today, the world is doing a lackluster job of finding sustainable solutions to global inequality.

Labor market insecurity and inequality aren’t just about whether someone is employed or not.

Uncertainty and instability threaten the global economy, and monetary stimulus by the central banks, including negative rates, is ...

The developed world needs to engage with poorer countries to reduce poverty, or face uncontrolled, high migration.

When we think about income and wealth inequalities we are tempted to lay blame on the old way ...

For a mental image that instinctively breeds mistrust, imagine the twenty most powerful businessmen and women of a ...

The U.S. economy remains locked in mediocre growth and increasing inequality. To help break that cycle, federal and ...

Despite the recent economic crises that hit so suddenly and surprised experts, economists still hold sway with the ...

Well, another Equal Pay Day has come and gone. This year it came on April 8th to represent ...

Thomas Piketty, a 42-year-old economist from French academe has written a hot new book: Capital in the Twenty-First ...

Martin Luther King Jr. strove for racial equality and that equality has been achieved in many arenas. However, ...

Inequality is replacing the American dream, because the U.S. economy—thanks to Washington's mismanagement—is underperforming.

The aging of populations in Europe is transforming economies and societies and sparking debate on issues ranging from ...