When French economist Thomas Piketty told a Lahore audience that extreme inequality is not a prerequisite for economic growth ...

Elon Musk’s claim that “the single biggest thing you can do to lift people out of poverty is giving them an internet ...

To explore how public sentiment can influence minimum wage policies, we zoomed in on protests as a signal of public opinion across the US. We analysed data from over 130,000 protests across US ...

A meta-analysis of 168 studies covering more than 11 million people found no reliable link between economic inequality and well-being or mental health. In other words, living in a place that has large ...

Income inequality is one of the most important measures of economic health, social justice and quality of life. More reliably trackable than wealth inequality, which was recently given a gloomy report ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz is chair of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality. Imraan Valodia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this has been set out by leading international institutions such as the ...

Changing course on decades of deepening inequality requires bold action and vision. The U.S. is in the grips of an inequality emergency. Decades of deliberate, regressive policy choices have rigged ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A G20 taskforce established by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel to tackle inequality, warning that extreme ...

Bilingual sign on door of frozen food aisle, We accept SNAP food stamp cards, Walgreens, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The richest 1% of ...

‘Inequality-pandemic cycle’ must be broken to achieve health security JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 3 November 2025 — A report by world-leading economists, public health experts, and political leaders ...

The Nordic countries have far less economic inequality than the United States. Most of the difference is due to the Nordics’ welfare states. If you really want to reduce inequality, you need to ensure ...