From increasing family wealth to declines in violent crime, America is become equal in important ways, writes Jeremy Ney.

For those of you who don’t remember the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (it even has its own acronym, GFC), it was no walk in the park. From late-2007 to mid-2009, a downturn in the US housing market ...

Taxing the wealthy may be a popular solution, but it isn't a fix-all for America's leading retirement program.

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

South Africa exhibits one of the highest levels of income inequality globally, reflecting persistent spatial exclusion. This ...

As Congress debates tax cuts and safety-net reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill, a major line of attack against the proposal is that it would worsen inequality, which, to hear some critics tell it, ...

The distribution of wealth in America is grotesquely uneven. One can find in the same American city—on the same American street—individuals worth billions of dollars (more than the GDP of numerous ...

It’s a bad news, good news scenario for the US economy and budget outlook. Income inequality is rising again after subsiding somewhat after the Covid-19 pandemic. But as a result, income tax receipts ...

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 ...

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 ...