The Great Recession and Inequality Amid the dark clouds of the Great Recession, more than a few people have identified a possible silver lining--reduced inequality in America.

Alexander Friedman says the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its short-term interest rates may help halt and reverse rising income and wealth inequality in the U.S..

Explore the map to look at all of the pairings we focused on and to read our correspondents’ stories. Learn more about Global Crossing income inequality special report here.

Coverage gains made and subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act reduced income inequality by more than 10% in 2019, according to a new study from the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think t ...

He says that inequality has increased under Obama, with the top 1 percent gobbling up 22.46 percent of income in 2012, versus 18.12 percent in 2009, citing the Saez-Piketty World Top Incomes database.

Zachary Goldfarb says that President Obama “has reduced inequality.” Timothy Noah says “inequality has gotten worse” under Obama. They’re both right. Part of the apparent disagreement is ...

In recent years, growth-oriented policies have reduced inequality. F or years, Democrats have told us that inequality is the most pressing problem facing our nation.

ONE expected benefit of the financial crisis is that inequality may decrease. Perhaps because I never saw inequality in and of itself as a big problem, I am not necessarily excited by that prospect.

The plutocrats behind these plans apparently think that stocks will go up, increasing inequality (in their favor). They may be right but I’m not sure; Japan has discovered it can be hard to have ...