There's an interesting video doing the rounds currently called "Wealth Inequality In America". It's drawing the usual oohs and ahhs from those who don't think about such things very much. Gee, America ...

Conflict with conspecifics from neighbouring groups over territory, mating opportunities and other resources is observed in many social organisms, including humans. Here we investigate the ...

There is a broad consensus that the impacts of climate change are not experienced equally. According to the World Bank, “The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts ...

Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

Gender inequality exists even in the mortgage market. Sole female applicants are 29.8% more likely to be denied a mortgage ...

In her recent “The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice,” Deirdre McCloskey counsels, “The world is rich and will become still richer. Quit worrying.” Economists such as Thomas ...

The government has puts lots of emphasis, understandably, on Bogotá's economic growth and claimed reductions in poverty. But according to data from the United Nations Bogotá is failing on another ...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has devoted time of late to discussing the significant problem of inequality. At a conference on April 2 nd, Ms. Yellen urged that research be undertaken “to ...

There never has been a wealthy country without a few extremely wealthy people, and a lot of people who are destitute. Sometimes “wealth inequality” is a problem; and sometimes, it is just something ...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday that economic inequality and institutional racism are "parallel problems" that both must be addressed at the same time. "We have to end ...