U.S. inequality is also shaped by historic and continued racial and ethic discrimination. Our economy was built on a ...

This video breaks down how wealth inequality reshapes the entire economy - and why ordinary men always end up carrying the ...

Hundreds of top economists and other experts, including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, called on Friday for the ...

UChicago political scientist Susan C. Stokes analyzes the current moment while offering solutions to a polarized public ...

Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz offers an explanation. Many people are scared by the growth of authoritarianism worldwide in recent years — from the U.S. to Hungary. So why are the new ...

Fatema Z. Sumar previously worked as the Vice President of Global Programs at Oxfam America. U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

Today’s teachers find themselves thrust into a difficult position with generative AI. New tools are coming online at a ...

As 45 million Americans lost their jobs, U.S. billionaires made $584 billion. The novel coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated income inequality, experts say, stretching the racial wealth gap in ...

"The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of ...

The value of digitalization has been on full display during the pandemic control efforts. The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) provides a platform that improves the distribution efficiency of medical ...

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand The relationship between inequality and economic ...