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.

“And if inequality isn’t inevitable… [then] the often-expressed views that certain economic, demographic, or technological conditions or factors make great wealth disparities inevitable ...

Several pollsters have recently added to our collection of polls on inequality. In a 2024 Pew Research Center poll, 51% said the gap between the rich and poor was a very big problem in the US and ...

A social scientist tracking adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors over time was uniquely positioned to document changes in teens’ worldviews after Trump’s 2016 election.

When we reduce inequality, we improve the quality and distribution of skills, capabilities, networks and relationships necessary for society and the economy to thrive.

Deepening inequality and the political drift to the right are being compounded by the shift in the global economy, from the long standing “unipolar” world order with the U.S. at its center.

A new public health report says economic inequality has wide-ranging effects on Montreal children’s health and development, affecting everything from high school graduation rates to screen time.

Shaping better policies Across our studies, we found that both real and hypothetical economic segregation dampens concerns about inequality. Segregation among a country’s residents or a company’s ...

Differences in income inequality within the Netherlands In municipalities with higher average incomes (such as Bloemendaal, Laren, Blaricum and Wassenaar), income inequality is well above the national ...

To take the true measure of inequality, economists need a way to account for all the income and expenses that don’t show up on people’s tax returns.

IntroductionThis article proposes a secure implementation for consensus using a dynamic event-triggered control (DETC) scheme for general autonomous multi-ag ...

If wage and salary growth for high earners continues to vastly outpace the near-annual increases in the maximum taxable earnings cap, Social Security's income inequality problem will only worsen.