Inequality

The racial wealth gap refers to the difference in assets among different racial and ethnic groups, reflecting resource and opportunity disparities.

In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.

Intelligence helps in making money, but only to a point.

On relative wealth and why most people feel like they don't have enough.

View real (i.e., inflation-adjusted), average net worth by race/ethnicity, age and education using the Fed's Distributional Financial Accounts.

The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.

Egalitarians today invoke “equality” to deny any variation in qualities among individuals, or in the resulting qualitative tendencies among sets of similar individuals. They condemn any acknowledgment of differences in aptitude, ability, character, and accomplishment as an affront to equality. But this is far removed from the kind of equality that the authors of the Declaration of Independence were referring to.

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This visualization breaks down how household wealth is distributed around the world. Just 10 countries now account for 75% of total household wealth.

The wage gap for many women of color is not only wider than the overall gender wage gap, but it is also closing more slowly.

The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.

Gini index - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States from The World Bank: Data

Public policy experts call income and wealth inequality one of the defining challenges of this century. Recent crises have accelerated these divisions, and the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened them fur…

This visual breaks down U.S. household income categories as 100 homes, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This graphic maps out the migration of millionaires across the globe, showing the top 10 countries the ultra-rich are moving to and from.

This Launchpad, adapted from http://www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron.” After reading the story, you can click on the videos to hear editors Amy A. Kass, Leon R. Kass, and Diana Schaub converse with guest host James W. Ceaser (University of Virginia) about the story.

Games, activities, and resources for high school economics classes.

The film is expected to bring in between $98–$125 million domestically in its opening weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.

Map the childhood roots of social mobility

As women gain wealth, advisors must prepare to serve them.

Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women’s Day, one couple used it to raise awareness about lingering discrepancies.

The majority of Black Americans missed out on the hefty gains from the stock market over the past two years due to historically low equity ownership.

The rising cost of groceries and gas is fueling the fastest increase in consumer prices in 40 years and widening the inflation gap between the rich and poor.