New research shows that raising the top marginal income tax rate could reduce inequality and raise revenue without slowing ...

The message from William M. Rodgers III, vice president and director of the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was stark. “For a growing number of United States ...

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

Beyond revealing inequalities and devastating public health, the pandemic has had two dangerous effects in all of these countries: COVID-19 actually has made socioeconomic inequality worse ...

In any capitalist economy, some level of income inequality is to be expected — but when the gap between the rich and the poor becomes wide enough and persistent enough, negative effects can ...

The correspondence between different ethnic inequality metrics was surprisingly low, raising questions about which best captures the underlying concept. Additionally, while the fixed effects ...

Roe, Mark J., and Jordan I. Siegel. "Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality." Journal of Comparative Economics 39, no. 3 (September 2011) ...

Learn More. A new report from a United Nations agency warns that AI is widening global income inequality and outlines a plan to harness its potential more equitably. In addition, the Technology ...

The war in Ukraine and rising inflation have exacerbated the effects of the pandemic, as prices for food, fuel and nearly everything else have skyrocketed. Researchers at the World Bank have ...

In Birmingham, 43% of the population live in the most deprived 10% of neighborhoods in England. It is well known that deprivation can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including low birth weight ...

"The benefits of AI-driven automation often favour capital over labour, which could widen inequality and reduce the competitive advantage of low-cost labour in developing economies," it said.