Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.

People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: Majorities in almost ...

Most people think economic inequality is a big problem for their country, and see the excessive political sway of the rich as ...

“Overall, more than eight-in-ten adults say that rich people having too much influence over politics contributes to economic inequality,” the researchers said. But this powerful combination of money ...

Analysis: How disasters like Hurricane Ian can make inequality worse Research on Hurricane ... government survey has captured the LGBTQ+ economic experience.

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial ...

In 2013, Cobham and Sumner proposed an alternative to the Gini co-efficient: the Palma ratio. They named it after José Gabriel Palma, a Chilean economist. Palma noticed that in most countries, the ...

Economic inequality is easy enough to find statistics on, but these are often difficult to parse. For example, politician Bernie Sanders, a vocal campaigner for equality, has provided various data ...

A 67-year-old man was found dead in a brook in Sudbury Wednesday evening, hours after he was reported to be missing, according to the Middlesex district attorney’s office.

The lessons of 1945 remain as relevant today as they were eight decades ago. Our world is interconnected, and our destinies ...

Stocks sank Friday in response to good news about the economy, a development that will take some explaining. A government report Friday morning showed U.S. employers added a whopping 256,000 jobs ...