Income inequality in America is at a high level by historical standards. Simply put, the rich have gotten richer much faster than others. In 2021, the average income of the richest 1% of ...

T he U.S. may have the highest level of income inequality of the G7 nations, but new research suggests that disparity has actually stabilized over the last decade, thanks to rapid growth in wages ...

Everyone knows that inequality has gotten out of hand in the United States. Thanks largely to the work of three now-famous economists—Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman—it’s ...

SmartAsset ranked 98 of the largest U.S. cities by the size of their income inequality, measured by comparing the incomes of the top 80% of earners with the bottom 20%.

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked – but a new study from Drexel University has taken a ...

Women working in agricultural sectors in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionally at risk from climate change induced hazards, such as droughts, floods, or shortened crop-growing ...

It was the extraordinary equality of income among the bottom 60% of American households, regardless of employment status. In 2017, among working-age households, the bottom 20% earned only $6,941 ...

Laotian and Vietnamese households also had 90/10 ratios above 11, indicating a high degree of income inequality. By contrast, Burmese, Filipino, Nepalese and Hmong households had the lowest income ...

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked – but a new study from Drexel University has taken a ...

SmartAsset ranked 98 of the largest U.S. cities by the size of their income inequality, measured by comparing the incomes of the top 80% of earners with the bottom 20%.