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 ...

In 2017, the business world paused at a shocking statistic: eight men held as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. By ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of top economists and other experts, including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, called on Friday for the world to set up an independent ...

A WEF survey reveals global youth prioritize inequality as a top economic concern, with many aspiring for political ...

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The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent weeks, the richest 10% of the global population now receive 53% of all ...

In his new book, the economist Thomas Piketty argues that the world can’t stop climate change without addressing issues of inequality. By Manuela Andreoni Climate change wasn’t a big topic in the ...

Inequality extends beyond incomes and wealth, and incorporates gender, opportunity, and climate. Women capture a quarter of ...

I’d like to make the case that our current obscene levels of inequality are an important but neglected contributing factor to ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the ...