Economic inequality is at an all-time high in the United States. Some claim that decades of systematic legislation have resulted in the wealthiest three families owning more wealth than the bottom ...

For those of you who don’t remember the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (it even has its own acronym, GFC), it was no walk in the park. From late-2007 to mid-2009, a downturn in the US housing market ...

Most Americans who say there’s too much economic inequality in the country think the federal government and big business should play a role in reducing inequality. Smaller but sizable shares say state ...

Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

There are competing narratives about artificial intelligence’s impact on inequality. Some argue AI will exacerbate economic disparities, while others suggest it could reduce inequality by primarily ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz is chair of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality. Imraan Valodia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of inequality and its contributing factors in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East-North ...

Public policy experts call income and wealth inequality one of the defining challenges of this century. Recent crises have accelerated these divisions, and the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened them ...

COVID-19 is increasing economic inequality around the world. On the one hand, the number of people in extreme poverty is on the rise for the first time in decades. The World Bank estimates at least ...

An entrance to Michigan State University, located in East Lansing, Michigan. East Lansing has one of the highest rates of income inequality out of some of America's biggest college towns. Over the ...