Income inequality in the United States has been on the rise for decades, creating a widening gap between the wealthy and the ...

Organized labor, in the form of unionization, has declined dramatically in wealthy democratic countries (rich democracies) ...

The link is not so simple. Global inequality is the product not only of inequality within countries, but also of the gaps between countries’ per capita incomes. It is influenced by population and ...

Global income inequality is a pressing issue, widening the gap between rich and poor and leading to social, political, and economic instability. One of the key causes is the unequal distribution ...

Does it matter what is happening to world income distribution (among all 6.2 billion people, regardless of where they live)? Amartya Sen, the recent Nobel laureate in economics, warns that arguing ...

When people bring up income inequality, sometimes what they’re ... when it stood at 70%. Collins said global trade policies have also hurt U.S. workers. Critics of free trade deals say they ...

Recent research has revealed that a wide income separation at workplaces can potentially lead to damaging consequences for ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, increasing capital gains tax rates could modestly improve economic growth by reducing ...

One of Australia’s most valuable social surveys also found a record number of households have been affected by natural disasters.

After falling through much of the 20th century, income inequality, measured as the ... capital took over as globalization increased, tax changes reduced progressivity and game-changing ...

A rapid shift to automation and digital technology to cut costs has left millions of workers with even fewer job ...