Last month, in a speech in Boston, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen provoked some grumbling from conservatives when she said, “The extent and continuing increase in inequality in the United States ...

Discover what income inequality is, its primary causes, and how it's measured. Learn about its impact on society and explore ...

The Economist’s latest issue on the “new politics of capitalism and inequality” should be required reading for anyone who cares about either of those subjects. The magazine reports on the uneven rise ...

Widening economic inequality can eventually lead to social collapse — but a mix of policy changes and private-sector initiatives can change that trajectory. That is the view of Chuck Collins, an ...

This opinion column was submitted by Zelalem Bogale, a former prosecutor and an adjunct professor of Race, Law, and Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Reno. The views expressed herein are ...

Two cinematic experiences about extreme wealth inequality are worth seeing, one dramatic and the other documentary. Elysium is both a metaphor for immigration but also a dire warning about our society ...

It might not come as a surprise to many that Bill Gates, whom Forbes‘ magazine ranks as the second wealthiest man in the world, doesn’t agree with the ideas of French economist Thomas Piketty. It’s ...