Income inequality is a key topic in U.S. presidential races. The U.S. ranks poorly among developed economies for income equality. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality. Income inequality in ...

Income inequality is a natural feature of a dynamic, prosperous society such as ours. When politicians and the media use terms such as “distribution” of income or wealth, it implies that someone from ...

The divide in Hawaii between haves and have-nots is grotesque. So is the reluctance to challenge it. We are told often nowadays — although not by this editorial — that the solution to income ...

Justin lives! And he’s guest blogging for Ezra Klein this week. Check it out here. Yesterday he blogged about… whether or not income inequality helped cause the financial crisis. Sound familiar? In ...

The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent weeks, the richest 10% of the global population now receive 53% of all ...

It’s an article of faith among many in the financial world: The Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policies and other steps meant to boost the economy are driving the value of stocks and other assets ...

NEW HAVEN >> Newly minted Common Cause President Miles Rapoport said his organization will begin to focus largely on inequality issues to combat the widening income and wealth divide. “It seems to me ...

Growing up in a society with a wide gap between the rich and the poor is linked to higher rates of depressive symptoms later ...

What caused the Great Recession? This question, not surprisingly, is proving divisive. Just today, The Huffington Post reported that the Republican members of the congressionally-appointed Financial ...

Despite enormous influence, the Harvard Business School admits it has strategic problems. It concedes, for example, that it “may perpetuate inequality.” That's only one of the accusations in the new ...