Earlier this month, scholars working at the London School of Economics argued, “It’s time to face up to power in the debate about wealth inequality.” The authors note that of the various ways we could ...

Women, the youth and people in the lower income groups earn the least, while 6.9% of South Africans earn 60.4% of the cash ...

How do researchers measure income inequality? Common economic measurements, like GDP growth, tell us how fast the economic pie is growing. But they don’t tell us how the pie is getting distributed.

Raising the minimum wage can help address economic inequality, but support has declined as the gap between rich and poor has increased, according to new research from the School of Management.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three influential economists,Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A ...

Billionaires saw their wealth increase across the last four years due to policies put forth by the Federal Reserve, leading to financial boosts for the wealthy, economists say.

A groundbreaking international study of 161,981 participants across 40 countries published in Nature Medicine reveals that air pollution, social inequality, and weak democratic institutions ...

Christopher Jencks, a Shaper of Views on Economic Inequality, Dies at 88 His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments, transformed debates around issues like public education and welfare ...