Inequalities remain persistently stark in the world today. From 1988 and 2008, the wealthiest 5 per cent of people captured 44 per cent of global income, while little changed for the poorest. In ...

Stiglitz, renowned economist said, unlike Adam's Smith view, "The pursuit of self-interest in the age of AI does not mean the ...

According to Center for Economic and Policy Research analysis of Americans who have attended college, 43.3 percent of Black women are shouldering student loan debts, compared to just 15.7 percent of ...

Stigmatized and targeted because of their economic status, vulnerable Black and Brown communities experience exploitation, abuse and unnecessary criminalization, siphoning away their wealth and ...

“Investments in education during periods of declining fertility have the potential to improve the health and well-being of individuals while mitigating the economic challenges of a shrinking work ...

The advantages to reducing inequality are both practical—facilitating economic growth—and ethical—reducing unwarranted ... One could thus regard the Industrial Revolution as a “Big Bang” that set some ...

For low-income and marginalized communities ... all while economists warn of potentially weakened economic growth and heightened inequality. A trade war has already roiled financial markets ...

"Despite a modest annual wage increase, growing income inequality remains ... a more transparent view of the economic situation of all Americans, particularly low- and middle-income households ...

Under the post-war global order, the world avoided large-scale conflicts. It fostered the growth of democracies and was ...

Global income inequality captures income differences ... costs alone may not be sufficient to drive economic transformation in rural areas. The spatial dimension of transformation is particularly ...