If economic inequality increases within a country, the risk of civil war breaking out grows. This is the finding from a study ...

No matter what economic or market system a country has, inequality is a reality. No matter how hard a nation tries, ...

Rio de Janeiro’s favela of Rocinha sees makeshift dwellings spiral down the mountain, all but crashing into the turquoise ...

They also hold that economic inequality — in particular, the surging share of total income earned by those at the very top — is morally justified by the rights of property and the tendency of ...

The U.S. may have the highest level of income inequality of the G7 nations, but new research suggests that disparity has actually stabilized over the last decade, thanks to rapid growth in wages ...

Heather Boushey and Adam S. Hersh discuss ways that the strength of the middle class and the level of societal inequality both affect economic growth and stability. To say that the middle class is ...

Studies have quantified this phenomenon. One cross-country analysis showed that a 10 percentage point increase in the credit-to-GDP ratio in the lead-up to a recession was associated with an increase ...

The study found that happiness exerts a measurable and positive effect on income. Specifically, a 1% increase in happiness ...

But is economic inequality really what bothers us? An influential essay published in 1987 by the philosopher Harry Frankfurt suggests that we have misidentified the problem. Professor Frankfurt ...

A global surge in rheumatoid arthritis with local hotspots highlights the need for targeted public health interventions.