In any capitalist economy, some level of income inequality is to be expected — but when the gap between the rich and the poor ...

At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals ...

More so than perhaps every other wealthy, highly developed country, the United States stands out on the world stage for its ...

Analysis: How disasters like Hurricane Ian can make inequality worse Research on Hurricane ... government survey has captured the LGBTQ+ economic experience.

And strangely enough, he barely even mentions one of the greatest malign economic forces of the 21st century ... Especially in the United States, he sees little scope for reversing the “perfect storm ...

If there is no difference between these two, the Gini coefficient becomes 0, equivalent to perfect equality, while if they are very far apart, the Gini coefficient becomes 1, which corresponds to ...

Two narratives have emerged in the economic literature on technology ... If we assume that robots are almost perfect substitutes for human labor, the good news is that output per person rises. The bad ...

The metric dates back to 1944, after countries attending the Bretton Woods economic conference agreed to start using it as a standardized measurement. Even through the US was among the last major ...

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 ...

as well as the level of income inequality among residents. These four comprehensive metrics are indicators of more than just economic opportunity in a given state; they intersect with employment ...

That diminishment of economic power, tantamount to invisibility, isn’t a housing problem. It’s an inequality problem, and a humanity problem. Reducing zoning restrictions can help, but not enough.