The battle to fight climate change and achieve net zero carbon emissions means moving people from brown to green, clean energy. One problem with this is the upfront costs and the often higher energy ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders has criticized the growing wealth disparity in the country, citing the staggering increase in the fortunes of a few billionaires. His comments come as Elon Musk becomes the first ...

The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

A narrow definition such as income inequality does not capture the vast disparities in power that define our society.

BofA Securities revised its ratings on several restaurant chains to reflect income and labor market disparities that are shaping industry trends—particularly the divide between full-service and casual ...

In 2024, CEOs at America’s leading companies saw pay increases that outpaced the wage growth of employees, widening pay disparities across the country and in Connecticut, according to a new report ...

Governments must reform the tax system so that rates for high earners increase automatically once an AI-fueled inequality threshold has been breached. European Union lawmakers recently reached a ...

New York City will require employers with more than four employees to provide salary ranges on job postings as early as April. So far, the advancement in salary transparency is highlighting a strongly ...

Income inequality is taking a toll on economies around the world. The wealth gap contributes to larger societal issues. Accessible investing tools can help close the wealth gaps. Income disparity ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - As the rich get richer and the poor fall further behind, levels of happiness and satisfaction drop, but only among people with modest and lower incomes, a new study shows.

Over 68% of those in the bottom 10% income group remained in the same group. Among the top 10%, 58.9% also stayed in place.