Democrats are criticizing President Trump's affordability speech for not focusing that much on affordability. We learn more ...

I often start the first-year managerial economics classes I teach by showing a graph to my MBA students (see below). It shows that in 1951, middle-income Indians (from the middle 40 th percentile, ...

Earnings inequality in America has increased since 1979 — that much we know. But why and what to do about it is murky — in part because we’re not all talking about the same group of people when we ...

Or if that's too ambitious a goal then how about how to reduce inequality in America? Now, I have to admit, that inequality really isn't one of those things that I worry about very much. Poverty is, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Taarini Kaur Dang is a venture capitalist, speaker, and book author. Gender inequality has been a hotly debated topic in recent ...

The problem of income inequality in the United States is really three different problems. One is the concentration of income and wealth at the very top—the notorious 1 percent making more than about ...

The themes of economic mobility and rising inequality will likely serve as the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next week. In the months leading up to the speech the ...

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast. He spoke with professor Oded Galor, who wrote a book about the history of wealth inequality. Galor said ...

As Harvard analyst, Deval Patrick, truthfully pointed out once: “When there’s inequity in learning, it’s usually baked into life.” The quality of education we receive as children and young adults ...

For decades, the only financial instrument used to improve social and environmental conditions were 100 per cent lossmaking grants to charities. When the term “impact investing” first gained currency ...

According to the latest Census figures, the wealthiest Americans saw huge jumps in their income, while the rest had their incomes go down. For a deeper understanding of the wealth gap, Steve Inskeep ...