What is happening to lower-income households doesn’t match popular theories about the economy, Alexis Crow writes in a guest ...

The idea that the economy is rigged and zero-sum is leading to a rise in populism in both parties. The result will probably be less trade and more price controls, which would mean a ...

Last year, household net asset inequality in South Korea deepened to its highest level since records began. The Gini ...

Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions for high-income nations such as the United States, Denmark and Canada are intrinsically linked -- but a new study has taken a deeper look at the ...

Comedian Louis C. K. famously noted that “everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy.” We live in a world of unprecedented prosperity and are much better off then our parents and grandparents ...

A homeless encampment in Kitchener, Ontario, in front of the former Krug Furniture factory According to a report by Statistics Canada on income and wealth distribution issued in July, income ...

Amir Sufi: So I’ve been studying and researching economics for 20 years. And one of the lessons I’ve learned over that time is that the economy is really kind of like an ecosystem. And like any ...

Brazil recorded its best results in income, inequality, and poverty since this time series began in 1995, according to a ...

Utilizing data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1991 to 2011, we aim to analyze the effects of income distribution on two risks for chronic diseases: body mass index (BMI) and ...