As many countries face increased political tensions and economic struggles, one survey brings to light a belief that many ...

The government is larger today than it was back then, so there was less interest on the part of the oligarchs of the day to ...

Mainstream economists and the media "warn" us about the dangers of “income inequality.” But is income inequality really an ...

In a discussion on CNN, Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary addressed the issue of economic divide in the U.S., pushing back ...

The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling celebration of selfish opulence. Rather than investing in their society—say, by ...

I lead the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank. When we opened our doors in 1970, there were only 1,469 Black elected officials in office ...

Airport workers demonstrate in Charlotte, North Carolina for increased heat protections on the job, August 2024. Credit: SEIU ...

Potential cuts in school funding would grow inequality in Ohio schools and reduce the state’s future economic output, a group ...

On Sunday, Feb. 2, the newly founded Long Island chapter of Standing Up for Racial Injustice, a national organization aimed ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that when people understand how income ...

From “pauper” to “underclass,” the history of social classification reveals how language constructs a moral economy, determining who is worthy of support and who is marginalized. These terms reinforce ...