Inequality

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.

The share of household wealth owned by billionaires has risen by a record amount during the pandemic, with millionaires also coming out of COVID-19 ahead, a study found on Tuesday.

The top 1% gained over $6.5 trillion in corporate equities and mutual fund wealth during the pandemic, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve.

In partnership with Vox Media Studios and Vox, this enlightening explainer series will take viewers deep inside a wide range of culturally relevant topics, q...

In partnership with Vox Media Studios and Vox, this enlightening explainer series will take viewers deep inside a wide range of culturally relevant topics, q...

And once they are accounted for, measured wealth inequality plummets.  One reason that the illiquid and non-market resources of DB [defined benefit] pensions and Social Security are typically excluded from studies of wealth concentration is that they are not directly available in household-level survey data. Our work addresses this issue by taking data from the …

Sources say the company prioritizes anti-discrimination in its talking points, but not in its spending.

Despite the pandemic, it was a record-setting year for the world’s wealthiest- with a $5 trillion surge in wealth and an unprecedented number of new billionaires.

Among the uber-rich, just ten people amassed over $567B in less than a year. Who are the richest people in the world as of 2021?

By 2025, the company aims to have at least 35% of its senior-director and higher leadership roles be held by people from historically underrepresented groups.

Companies and financial analysts use timely data to make better business decisions. It’s time for Washington to do it, too.

Americans say it takes an average net worth of $2.27 million to be considered "wealthy." Here's how much money U.S. families actually have at every age.

Bad economies usually hurt both workers and investors. Only the first part has been true this time.

‎Show Think Like An Economist, Ep Inequality - Understanding the Gap between Rich and Poor - Nov 30, 2020

About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data.