Global wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, a tendency seen in all countries, albeit to ...

Income inequality in the United States has been on the rise for decades, creating a widening gap between the wealthy and the ...

R esearchers have found that Americans have lower survival rates than Europeans. This result was consistent across all wealth ...

Healthcare in the US is facing a cost crisis and one part of the puzzle could be to address the inequality that persists within the system. Ben Hargreaves looks at how the US has become lumbered ...

A social scientist tracking adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors over time was uniquely positioned to document changes in teens ...

Measuring inequality and wealth in the U.S. can tell us who’s getting a slice and how much. “What defines a good society is that everybody, to the extent possible, can fulfill their potential ...

income inequality, measured as the fraction of income going to the richest 1% of residents, has been rising since the 1980s. The fraction has doubled in both China and the United States during ...