A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science has found that rising income inequality is associated ...

This is the broad message of the World Inequality Report (WIR) 2026, the third in the series after those in 2018 and 2022.

The divergence seems to be due to higher income groups benefiting disproportionately from policy changes and also because ...

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 ...

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked -- but a new study has taken a deeper look at the ...

Most voters are worried about the problem of income inequality, and the Democratic Party has a slight advantage on the issue.

Since then, Britain’s slump in trend growth and productivity is well documented, but income inequality has settled at a lower ...

Best of the Web: As Democrats paint a picture of economic despair, the U.S. Census data shows more jobs, higher incomes, and less poverty for the average American. Image: Scott Eisen / Getty The ...

H ow many billionaires does it take to match the net worth of half of the world’s population? In 2016, the richest eight people on the planet owned as much private net wealth as the poorer half of ...

The increase in U.S. income inequality since 1970 largely reflects gains made by households in the top 20% of the income distribution. Estimates suggest that households outside this group have ...