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Economic inequality robbed the US of $23 trillion over the last 3 decades, study says
Giving people an equal shot expands the economic pie for everyone, economists said in a Thursday pa…
Ben Winck
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An economist shares 3 policies that can reverse income inequality — and what the US can learn from them
Other capitalist countries have actively tried to reduce inequality through policy change — and suc…
Paul Constant
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Lower-income Americans were twice as likely to lose pay because of COVID than more affluent people, and it shows how the pandemic revealed long-running inequities
New research shows yet again that Americans earning less, and Americans of color, were hit a lot ha…
Juliana Kaplan,Jason Lalljee
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Inequality rising since 2000s, top 1% in India holds 40% wealth, says study
Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 pe…
PTI
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The Difference Between Inequality Today And Inequality In 1973 In One Fascinating Chart
"The globalized world of the (late) nineteenth century produced a unimodal distribution. Processes …
Rob Wile
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History gives us a clue as to how we can solve global wealth inequality
Massive wealth inequality is a fairly recent invention. Understanding our past can help us better d…
Paul Constant
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Switzerland Prepares To Vote On An Incredibly Radical Plan To Fight Inequality
It's fascinating to wonder what a country with a 1:12 salary cap would look like. David Roth, the l…
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Sorry, Libertarians - Inequality Does Matter
The problem with trying to shoehorn popular economic concerns into fights against "cronyism," as th…
Josh Barro
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As Americans overall grow more worried about inequality, those making $100,000 and up are surging in consumer confidence
Over three-quarters of Americans are concerned about inequality, a CivicScience survey finds, but c…
Juliana Kaplan
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The Only Thing More Skewed Than Income Inequality In America Is Wealth Inequality
But years into the program (and with its "tapering" seemingly on the way this year or early next), …
Steven Perlberg
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Cost of Inequity: The Student Loan Crisis
Cost of Inequity returns with this special edition that examines historical events and systemic fla…
Insider Inc.
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3 Charts That Show How Income Inequality Is Hurting America
Set aside any moral or political concerns you may have about rising income inequality ? worries abo…
Gus Lubin
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Meet The Man Who Wants To Help Paul Ryan Solve Poverty
Another interesting approach would be to promote a voucherized human capital investment program. Th…
Danny Vinik
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The Average CEO Earns More In An Hour Than The Average Employee Earns In A Month
Most jobs also come with a lot of responsibility. If an inspector on an auto production line screw…
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IT'S OFFICIAL: The Rich Are Getting Richer And Everyone Else Is Getting Hosed
So with "everyone else" getting hosed, the health of the overall economy is deteriorating. That's h…
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How inequality at Harvard Business School breeds inequality in corporate America
Harvard Business School is only 5% Black — and that figure hasn't changed in 30 years. Its stunning…
Taylor Borden
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Chile redrafted its constitution to help end the nation's wealth gap. Here's how the fragile process is going and what we can learn from it.
Chile confirms that "things can change, and sometimes very quickly," when those in power lose their…
Paul Constant
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Biden's billionaires tax is 'better than nothing,' says leading wealth inequality researcher Thomas Piketty
Economist Thomas Piketty wrote the book on inequality. He told the New York Times things are changi…