Earlier this month, scholars working at the London School of Economics argued, “It’s time to face up to power in the debate about wealth inequality.” The authors note that of the various ways we could ...
The Gini Index explains global income inequality, ranking nations from perfect equality to extreme disparity. Discover how ...
Over 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, the median white family has 70 times more wealth than typical black families. … A recent study by the Pew Research Center used data ...
With great wealth and desperate struggle often coexisting only minutes away from each other, inequality can feel like a defining part of life in Connecticut. But it's not just a sense or a vibe — data ...
Low pension adequacy, restrictive safety nets, and life-course inequality explain why old age so often means poverty in Korea. South Korea is aging faster than any other OECD country, but its most ...
When one of you asked, "Are the rich getting too much of the economic pie?" the team behind Economics in Plain English got pretty excited. Because you said "pie." So we headed to Dangerously Delicious ...