A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science has found that rising income inequality is associated ...

Low-income Americans have missed out on the wealth effects that have benefited the highest earners. The Fed, which has played a role in what economists refer to as the K-shaped economy, can’t easily ...

The divergence seems to be due to higher income groups benefiting disproportionately from policy changes and also because ...

COVID-19 is increasing economic inequality around the world. On the one hand, the number of people in extreme poverty is on the rise for the first time in decades. The World Bank estimates at least ...

Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in almost any other developed nation, and it is on the rise, sparking an intensifying national debate. The 2008 global ...

Extreme weather events have dropped out of Canada’s top five risks in the latest WEF survey, as executives zero in on ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz grew up in Gary, Ind. — a city that has weathered many economic storms over the past half-century. Stiglitz went on to study at Amherst College and MIT, ...

Climate change is having a serious impact on economic growth across the world — and it’s worse for poor countries that already had a lot of catching up to do, according to a new study. Two Stanford ...

The two gravest challenges facing America today, economic inequality and geographic divides, are increasingly intertwined. Economic inequality has surged with nearly all the growth being captured by ...