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 ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, increasing capital gains tax rates could modestly improve economic growth by reducing ...

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 ...

Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. We don’t drown you in ...

Finland, Denmark, and Iceland continue to top the list of the world's happiest countries. Mexico was listed as at No. 10, and Canada was listed at No. 18.

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 ...