Consider this shocking statistic on income inequality: The eight richest men on earth control as much wealth as half of the global population, or the poorest 3.6 billion people. While those are global ...

Trump DOJ Courting Chaos in Effort to Install New Virginia U.S. Attorney Audio By Carbonatix The most potent ‘solutions’ for inequality are unpleasant. Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by ...

Or if that's too ambitious a goal then how about how to reduce inequality in America? Now, I have to admit, that inequality really isn't one of those things that I worry about very much. Poverty is, ...

The biggest story in the United States economy, beyond its general crappiness, is the extreme inequality that has developed over the past three decades. The top 1% of the country is now taking home a ...

New digital technologies are exacerbating inequality. Here’s how scientists creating AI can make better choices. The economy is being transformed by digital technologies, especially in artificial ...

The themes of economic mobility and rising inequality will likely serve as the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next week. In the months leading up to the speech the ...

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You might consider America's vast wealth inequality, vividly illustrated in this viral video, to be offensive, infuriating, or irrelevant. But it is not terribly mysterious. Rich people have more ...

According to the latest Census figures, the wealthiest Americans saw huge jumps in their income, while the rest had their incomes go down. For a deeper understanding of the wealth gap, Steve Inskeep ...

A family on the average wage would have to bank every single penny for 43 years to reach the wealthiest 10 per cent. By Torsten Bell This year, average wages are set to be flat. British households, ...

Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by causing employers to bid up the price of scarce labor, so policymakers fretting about income inequality could give an epidemic disease a try. This might ...