Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The Nobel committee has put the spotlight back on global inequalities. Bestowing its prestigious economics prize on Daron Acemoglu, opens new tab, Simon ...

Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century, and the pandemic continues to make ...

A new study from the World Inequality Lab finds that the present-day golden era of Indian billionaires has produced soaring income inequality in India—now among the highest in the world and starker ...

Everyone knows that inequality has gotten out of hand in the United States. Thanks largely to the work of three now-famous economists—Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman—it’s probably ...

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To understand and address educational inequality today, everyone involved in public schools must first be aware of how inequality has been embedded in the foundations of the country’s education system ...

Fatema Z. Sumar previously worked as the Vice President of Global Programs at Oxfam America. U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau ...

COVID-19 WAS never going to be good for the poor. At first, however, the disease was not associated with rising inequality. Richer economies tended to suffer larger declines in GDP per person than ...