A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line, especially during times of significant ...

We also document how extreme economic inequality contributes to corruption and mismanagement of public resources. We push governments to end abusive policies that contribute to poverty ...

One of the reasons researchers look at the concentration of wealth among the very rich is because “economic inequality spills over into political inequality,” Durlauf said. Those who have the ...

The US healthcare system means that not all Americans have access to the same quality of healthcare. Unlike the UK, there is no national health care provision in the USA. A variety of federal ...

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Modi administration for rising income inequality, equating middle-class ...

President Trump is poised to use his power over the world’s largest economy to slash taxes for the ultra-rich and mega-corporations—fanning the flames of already-extraordinary levels of inequality in ...

Healthier companies with confidence in their customers have invested and hired more. And so the cycle continues. Some key ...

The country is an outlier when assessed by the growth in its count of billionaires. This reflects deep structural problems ...