The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

Discover what income inequality is, its primary causes, and how it's measured. Learn about its impact on society and explore ...

When researchers measure wealth inequality, they use something called the Gini coefficient. Think of it as a score between 0 and 1, where 0 means everyone has exactly the same wealth and 1 means one ...

A new report from the World Inequality Lab, the product of four years of comprehensive research, finds that economic inequality on a world scale continues to increase by leaps and bounds, with vast ...

A look at how the super-rich have gained outsized economic power and how wealth ought to be redistributed. Does it feel like you’re hearing more about billionaires than ever before? You’re not ...

A vision to tackle global warming with socialism by halving working hours and not eating red meat has been revealed by ...

We speak with political scientist Jeffrey Winters about his new book, The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies. Winters argues that democracy’s failure to address wealth inequality is by ...

According to data from the Congressional Budget Office, wealth inequality has been rising steeply in the United States over the last 30 years. This gap between rich and poor means that the top 1% of ...