Joseph E. Stiglitz is chair of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality. Imraan Valodia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

An expert panel is calling on G20 leaders to establish an International Panel on Inequality — mirroring the UN's climate body — when they convene in Johannesburg this weekend. The proposal comes ...

The problem of inequality has become so pressing that it needs coordinated global action to address it, a group of over 500 economists and scientists said on Friday. The group, which includes former ...

Connecticut does not have the biggest income inequality in the nation, but it ranks among the highest. The state consistently appears near the top of national rankings for income inequality, often in ...

This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:25 p.m. UCLA became the first UC campus to launch an academic department dedicated to labor studies this fall. UCLA Labor Studies – which was previously an ...

Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

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There are competing narratives about artificial intelligence’s impact on inequality. Some argue AI will exacerbate economic disparities, while others suggest it could reduce inequality by primarily ...

America has a housing affordability crisis. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance, Yoni Appelbaum’s Stuck, and Mark Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works argue to varying degrees that land-use ...