The wealth and poverty of nations has been a preoccupation ... This year's Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three men who traced the institutional roots of national prosperity by exploring ...

Don Boudreaux is getting mad with people who seem to be incapable of distinguishing between poverty and inequality ... some date in the past (the American meaning) and what we might call real ...

When I think about inequality, I think of charts frequently shared on social media showing the income taken by the top 1%. The top 1% used to take about 10% of the income, and now it’s creeping ...

Just as important is the fact that economic freedom provides a proven formula for economic progress and dramatic poverty alleviation.

12 The recent Census Bureau report substantially exaggerates the extent of poverty and economic inequality in the United States. To the extent that enduring poverty continues in our society ...

As suffering and poverty have risen ... FERREIRA is the Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies and director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. Clark, ...

Content about the lives of people living in poverty has also been subjected ... “The government has long realized that [economic inequality is] a threat, and they need to do something ...

It plays a very significant role in the alleviation of poverty and ensuring income inequality," he said. The religious affairs adviser was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled "Institute of ...

Advocates of trickle-down economics argue that cutting taxes for the rich will benefit the poor. A new study found that such policies actually increase inequality. The findings could have ...

Ravi Kanbur says producing statistics on inequality is never just a technical act; it has political consequences. Kanbur is a Professor of Economics at Cornell University ... reflect reality when it ...

Excessive income disparity also has negative implications for growth, poverty and human development. Inequality does not grow or decline everywhere at the same time and there are no constant or ...