Most inequality analysis focuses on income (the wages earned from ... The gender pay gap contributes to these disparities, since both pension plan and Social Security payouts are partially based on ...

For Rawls, this meant that people ought to consider the rules for a fair allotment of social goods within a society as well as the levels of inequality that can be allowed within a society.

January 23rd marks the birth anniversary of the fearless Indian leader, Subhash Chandra Bose, celebrated as Parakram Diwas. This day is dedicated to h ...

The IMF and World Bank now acknowledge that inequality is a grave threat to economic stability, social cohesion, and democracy. Yet their actions fuel further imbalance, despite statements about ...

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to ...

Oxfam researchers assembled some eye-popping statistics from sources like the UBS Global wealth report, Forbes Real Time Billionaire's list and the Economist along with quotes from academics.

Economic inequality risks creating social discontent, which can boil over into political conflict, according to Zia Qureshi, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Similarly, a study ...

In January, the average retired-worker beneficiary brought home a $1,976 check from Social Security. While this average monthly payout might not sound like much, Social Security helped to pull 22. ...

A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions: economic inequality. According to study co-author University of ...

Monopolies are giving an elite few massive power Monopoly power is escalating extreme wealth and inequality worldwide ... a lack of collective bargaining rights, and minimal social protection. We are ...