Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked ...

Many Tennesseans face financial hardship. Voting can help ensure the state's economic "pie" is divided fairly, a reader says.

Most Americans are a lot richer now than they were before COVID. From 2019 to 2022, the last year good data is available, total U.S. household wealth grew 25%. And that rising tide really did lift all ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

If economic inequality increases within a country, the risk of civil war breaking out grows. This is the finding from a study by the Chair of Economic History at the University of Tübingen following ...

File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. Prices have surged so dramatically that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest banknote in ...

The cheeky meme sums up the attitude inside Anthropic, an AI company where most employees seem to believe that AI progress isn’t slowing down—and could potentially result in dangerous outcomes for ...

The beliefs someone holds and the environment in which they live and work shape how much economic inequality people report seeing, according to new research from the School of Management. Two studies ...

Wealth inequality destroys societies and entire countries and is severely damaging to the health and well-being of the poor for generations. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free ...

Canada is facing “crisis levels” of economic inequality as billionaire wealth soars and millions struggle with basic needs, ...