Economic inequality is leaving a deep mark on children’s health, learning and future opportunities – with effects felt well ...

Growing income inequality is one of the biggest factors impacting the shortfall in Social Security. With less tax revenue ...

Discover the Gilded Age, a time of rapid industrialization, economic growth, and prosperity for the wealthy. Learn how it ...

Several studies by Thomas Piketty and his colleagues purporting to show that income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over the last 60 years have influenced the public’s views ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

A key priority of the Biden administration is to lessen the disparity in income between the wealthiest U.S. households and the rest of the populace: The top 10 percent today account for one half of ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress unveiled a new paper examining how the strength of the middle class and inequality affect our nation’s economic growth and stability. Despite ...

Romania ranks 14th out of 40 countries for income inequality, with the wealthiest fifth earning 5.73 times more than the ...

Chinese citizens are facing growing inequality in wages and wealth, constraining the country’s “common prosperity” agenda at ...

Raising taxes on assets, incomes of high earners will add to state revenues and incentivise protecting property rights, ...

Miami Beach, Florida, has the highest income inequality in America of cities with populations of 50,000 or more. In Miami Beach, 23.7% of households earn less than $25,000, while 11.7% of households ...

The state recorded a Gini coefficient of 0.46, a measure commonly used for income inequality, where 0 represents perfect ...