Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

Capitalism has a public relations problem. While many will grudgingly admit that capitalism, the economic system based on private property and free trading, yields faster rates of economic growth, ...

There is a broad consensus that the impacts of climate change are not experienced equally. According to the World Bank, “The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts ...

Economists have traditionally argued that there is a trade-off between equity and growth. Growing economic inequality is either “a major issue of our time” or “a defining challenge of our time,” ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of inequality and its contributing factors in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East-North ...

In 2013, President Obama called inequality ‘the defining challenge of our time’. But could this gap between the rich and poor have benefits for the economy? World Finance interviews Thomas Piketty, ...