Economists and political activists have been issuing warnings about growing economic inequality, or the widening economic disparity between social groups, in the U.S. for years. Economic inequality ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

Discover how industrialization boosts economic growth in LDCs, its benefits, challenges, and examples like Hong Kong's rise ...

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People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: A median of 60% across 36 countries say that rich people having too much political influence leads ...

Social, economic and political conditions mirror those seen in the late 1800s. As economic inequality and wealth concentration rise, the U.S. is entering a new era of support for workers' rights, ...

On Jan. 14, outgoing President Joseph Biden bestowed the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to approximately 400 scientists and engineers. PECASE is the highest ...

A frequent criticism of my brand of pro-growth, techno-optimist Up Wing economics is that it ignores inequality: Why boost productivity and economic growth if it only helps those already at the top?

Opposition parties on Tuesday accused the government of failing to address issues like unemployment and inflation in the Union Budget, with Trinamool Congress’ Sukhendu Sekhar Roy stressing that ...