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

Senator Bernie Sanders has called levels of U.S. wealth inequality “outrageous,” “grotesque” and “immoral.” Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is pushing for a wealth tax to curb what ...

Economic inequality has officially hit a level that defies all logic. According to a new report, one percent of humanity owns half of all the money on the planet. Let’s just absorb that for a moment: ...

Bernie Sanders' outdated income inequality statistic After a night of intermittent booing and heckling from disappointed progressives attending the first night of the Democratic National Convention in ...

Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once quipped; “There are three types of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics.” And no one can manipulate statistical information better than the media ...

Job monitoring site Comparably has a mission to make salary and other compensation data completely transparent. The site collects thousands of salary records and segments the data by gender, location, ...

Of all the figures that inequality doyen Thomas Piketty and collaborator Emmanuel Saez have provided in their vast research in the field of economic disparities, a choice few stand out. Perhaps none ...

“Socialism,” anathema to many but a path worth exploring to others, has been packaged nicely as “democratic socialism” (a hilarious oxymoron) by millionaire author Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ...

The old saying that the rich get richer is truer today than ever. In 2013, the wealthiest 10 percent of American families held 76 percent of all family wealth, according to August 2016 data from the ...

Should we be worried about income inequality? Should we apologize if it rises? Should we brag about a decrease in this statistic? No, no, and no are the proper answers to these questions, at least for ...

The Budget Crunch Is Coming. States Must Adjust Their Spending Accordingly Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects A Warning from Chicago Washington Is Fighting the Wrong Battle on Health-Care Costs Mark ...