Income inequality is one of the most important measures of economic health, social justice and quality of life. More reliably ...

Social stratification is the structured ranking of individuals and groups in society, often based on class, race, gender, or ...

Income inequality has been steadily decreasing on the Treasure Coast, according to a TCPalm analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data of Gini coefficients, considered the gold-standard statistical method of ...

Inflation is weighing on US incomes to a degree comparable to the 2008 Great Recession – potentially reducing consumer spending power ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season, according to a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Inflation has helped set back income growth to levels comparable to the slow recovery from the Great Recession more than a decade ago, potentially constraining the ...

In 2025, the average wealth of people in North America and Oceania, which the report has grouped together, stood at 338 ...

President Trump vowed to issue tariff dividends sometime before the 2026 midterms during an Oval Office event touting his administration’s work bringing the FIFA World Cup to the US. “We’re gonna be ...

The idea that the economy is rigged and zero-sum is leading to a rise in populism in both parties. The result will probably be less trade and more price controls, which would mean a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new study has found how much people would need to earn to “live comfortably” in cities across the U.S. The study from Upgraded Points reports that the average single ...

JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this ...

If America’s economy has a prosperous holiday season, the data suggests, we’ll have rich folks to thank. The top 10% of earners now account for roughly half of all consumer spending, according to a ...