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 ...

Comparing wealth and survival rates in the U.S. with those in Europe, researchers found that over a 10-year period, Americans across all wealth levels were more likely to die than their European ...

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

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 ...

But Trump’s trade policies would move the United States down the value chain. His tariffs are not designed to foster domestic ...

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 ...

Since Concept 2 inequality appears to have risen in 2020, it would be enough for “average” inequality within countries also to have risen for us to conclude that global inequality among individuals ...

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 ...