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 ...

Open the Youtube video If you're like most Americans, you get the bulk of your cardio from marching in—or fleeing ...

Growing economic inequality is either “a major issue of our time” or “a defining challenge of our time,” depending on your taste for hyperbole. Given America’s recent experience, however, I would like ...

The debate in Congress is over how to help the overall economy, but there is an underlying issue highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street protests. It's the question of the gap between rich and poor - ...

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, ...

A slew of demographic changes is primarily responsible for Social Security's rapidly growing unfunded obligations. A larger percentage of earned income is escaping Social Security's payroll tax than ...

Mr. Puzder is an economic adviser to the Trump campaign. After seven years of anemic economic growth, working class Americans are facing limited job opportunities, stagnant wages, a diminishing middle ...

“Grotesque” is how Sen. Bernie Sanders has described the level of wealth inequality in the U.S., and he’s not the only Democrat running a presidential campaign that relies heavily on this idea. Sen.

In her recent “The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice,” Deirdre McCloskey counsels, “The world is rich and will become still richer. Quit worrying.” Economists such as Thomas ...

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 ...

A lot of people are talking about income inequality and wealth disparity. My friends post statistics bemoaning the fact that, for example, the wealthiest 62 billionaires have as much money as the ...