Rising inequality hurts families, but taxing the ultra-rich can help. On Tuesday night, Trump steered clear of advocating this effective solution to our economic emergency.

The divide in Hawaii between haves and have-nots is grotesque. So is the reluctance to challenge it. We are told often nowadays — although not by this editorial — that the solution to income ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Massachusetts economics professor Gerald Epstein argued that the U.S. needs to reform its financial system to better serve the needs of ...

Income inequality is a natural feature of a dynamic, prosperous society such as ours. When politicians and the media use terms such as “distribution” of income or wealth, it implies that someone from ...

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 ...

An activist holds a placard demanding a $15/hour minimum wage and tips for restaurant workers during a rally to call for additional relief for restaurants at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 8, 2022. An ...

Justin lives! And he’s guest blogging for Ezra Klein this week. Check it out here. Yesterday he blogged about… whether or not income inequality helped cause the financial crisis. Sound familiar? In ...

Income inequality is consistently a major topic in U.S. presidential races. Gini coefficient figures have ranked the U.S. as one of the worst places for income equality among developed economies for ...

The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent weeks, the richest 10% of the global population now receive 53% of all ...