The data show a substantial decline in global inequality over the past three decades as rising prosperity allowed poor ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of top economists and other experts, including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, called on Friday for the world to set up an independent ...

In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into superstardom.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daron Acemoglu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Frank Molter/dpa A trio of US-based experts have won the 2024 Nobel ...

THE POINT: The world’s assets are piling up in the hands of the few as growth is built on widening gaps. That’s not just unfair — it’s economically unsustainable. This year’s global wealth report by ...

Huge inequality between inner-city and suburban parks across the world could be threatening well-being globally, suggests a study from King's College London and Nokia Bell Labs. This is despite lower ...

The European Council and the African Union (AU) have thrown their support behind a proposal to create a new International Panel on Inequality (IPI), as momentum builds around a global push to confront ...

Global income and wealth inequality have been a prime reason why the world suffers from economic crises each year. Income inequality has been a dark reality of the world for ages, initially created ...

Alexander Clapp’s Waste Wars, a world-spanning inquiry into the politics of garbage, makes a case that everything that is wrong with capitalism is embodied in our trash. In 1960, the journalist and ...

Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them This week, hundreds of government leaders, heads of state, and ...