Browsing: Income inequality
Over the past 30 years the U.S.’s top 1% got richer, and now hold nearly a third of the nation’s wealth
If you ever get the feeling that the rich keep getting richer, you’re not wrong. Not only do America’s top…
Academics appear to have debunked the idea that remote work entrenches inequality and leaves more wealth in the hands of…
Online dating may be partially to blame for an increase in income inequality in the US in recent decades, according…
The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four…
Shoppers are so scarred by inflation they’ve cemented new habits to save money—and discount retailers are the big winners
Walmart and Target shoppers are no longer lingering between aisles, looking wistfully at a bag of chips before placing it…
America’s public debt is increasingly capturing the attention of economic experts who warn that Uncle Sam’s spending is unsustainable and the economy…
Experts Evelyn Forget, Guy Standing, and Karl Widerquist chart a course toward a more inclusive and resilient world. As artificial…
U.K. CEOs are facing off with shareholders to get U.S.-level pay. With interest rates set to fall, they might get it
British CEOs don’t exactly have a raw deal when it comes to pay—the average FTSE 100 boss earned £3.8 million…
Nobel laureate Esther Duflo proposes taxing 3,000 billionaires to protect the world’s poorest from climate change—and most Americans likely agree with the plan
The world’s rich nations have agreed, several times, that helping poor countries cope with the fallout from climate change is…
Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month…












