The wealthiest 10% of Americans now make up nearly 50% of consumer spending. And where they spend, prices tend to rise, Alí R ...

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the home consumption welfare of people ...

At the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition art, design and architecture collectively set out to find solutions to ...

Nine of the world’s ten wealthiest billionaires now call the United States home. The remaining one? He lives in France. And ...

Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

A new study published in Nature Cities examines ancient Roman and modern-day cities, revealing a scaling relationship between ...

South Bay bus drivers and train operators are striking in part for higher wages in a costly place to live. The shutdown is ...

Common economic measurements, like GDP growth, tell us how fast the economic pie is growing. But it doesn’t tell us who’s getting a slice.

A Vox reader asks: What is wealth inequality and class warfare and why is it extra bad at this point in time? “Wealth” is someone’s net worth — that is, their assets (like savings ...

One of Australia’s most valuable social surveys also found a record number of households have been affected by natural ...