Robin Hood never really existed! And income redistribution, as practiced, never really works. “Socialism is great until you ...

Russia’s income inequality reached its highest level since 2007 in 2025, with the official Gini coefficient rising to 0.422 ...

However, our study shows that when people perceive that income inequality spills over into health and education disparities, they are less likely to accept it and more likely to support redistributive ...

U.S. income inequality grew in 2021 for the first time in a decade, according to data the Census Bureau released in September 2022. That might sound surprising, since the most accurate measure of the ...

Across 41 states, the bottom 20% make less than $20,000 on average. Meanwhile, the top 20% earn more than $250,000 in 25 states — accounting for half of America. While it’s not exactly a new ...

Several studies by Thomas Piketty and his colleagues purporting to show that income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over the last 60 years have influenced the public’s views ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress unveiled a new paper examining how the strength of the middle class and inequality affect our nation’s economic growth and stability. Despite ...

Bank of Korea researchers warned that South Korea faces widening wealth and income gaps, with young people increasingly ...

A key mea­sure of US income inequality rose to a new record in 2021, the first year of President Joe Biden’s term. The so-called Gini Index rose by 1.2% last year to 0.494, according to data released ...