Consider this shocking statistic on income inequality: The eight richest men on earth control as much wealth as half of the global population, or the poorest 3.6 billion people. While those are global ...

The biggest story in the United States economy, beyond its general crappiness, is the extreme inequality that has developed over the past three decades. The top 1% of the country is now taking home a ...

Or if that's too ambitious a goal then how about how to reduce inequality in America? Now, I have to admit, that inequality really isn't one of those things that I worry about very much. Poverty is, ...

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Tim Smeeding, a professor of public affairs and economics at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin — Madison, has a few ideas on how to solve income inequality in the US ...

According to the latest Census figures, the wealthiest Americans saw huge jumps in their income, while the rest had their incomes go down. For a deeper understanding of the wealth gap, Steve Inskeep ...

Trump DOJ Courting Chaos in Effort to Install New Virginia U.S. Attorney Audio By Carbonatix The most potent ‘solutions’ for inequality are unpleasant. Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by ...

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The themes of economic mobility and rising inequality will likely serve as the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next week. In the months leading up to the speech the ...

The self-styled brightest minds of our generation don’t seem to want to touch one of the greatest challenges of our time. In a world where the richest 1% owns half the wealth in the entire world, ...