Since 1979, income growth has risen at a faster rate for the country’s richest 1% — while only modestly growing for the bottom 99%. In other words, the American inequality problem is very real.

Even early on in the pandemic, it was clear that the economic effects of COVID-19 shutdowns would not affect everyone equally. Instead, they highlighted stark inequalities in our world, with some ...

The new World Inequality Report 2026 brings out alarming statistics about the state of inequality in India and across the world – and how that could change if the political will exists. The Wire is ...