Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.

In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including ...

Most people think economic inequality is a big problem for their country, and see the excessive political sway of the rich as ...

A worldwide survey revealed most people in 31 of 36 countries blame influence of the rich over politics as a cause of the widening income gap.

In 2013, Cobham and Sumner proposed an alternative to the Gini co-efficient: the Palma ratio. They named it after José Gabriel Palma, a Chilean economist. Palma noticed that in most countries, the ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in 2025, his proposed tax reforms aim to address growing concerns ...

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial ...

Income inequality in India has decreased post-pandemic, but remains higher than 2015-16, as shown by a recent study.

The year will also test the effectiveness of minimum wage hikes and anti-poverty measures passed in previous years, as income ...

The Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income or consumption among individuals or households within ...