A comprehensive analysis of 383 U.S. cities reveals a striking pattern: most have rings of isolation in suburban areas and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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There are those who want to make America great again who generally fail to discuss one area in which the U.S. has already achieved greatness by not just maintaining the accomplishment but also by ...

This discussion paper explores the nature and consequences of new US tariffs and trade policy in 2025 – in particular their interaction with economic inequality domestically within the US, and ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josie Cox is a New York-based journalist covering business and gender. Nov 03, 2025, 12:15am EST Bilingual sign on door of frozen ...

Consumer brands are adjusting to a two-tiered economy as the new normal. Yet there are signs that even high-income customers are under pressure. The most common refrain so far this corporate earnings ...