To explore how public sentiment can influence minimum wage policies, we zoomed in on protests as a signal of public opinion across the US. We analysed data from over 130,000 protests across US ...

Wealth inequality looks at the distribution of assets, such as property, stocks and saving. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The effect has more than outweighed the growth in inequality in much of the rich world, and almost kept pace with it even in ...

This paper was presented at the First Conference of the Americas, held by the Organization of American States in Washington on 6 March 1998. Great social inequality has long been a frustrating feature ...

Income from streams other than employment will be factored into the Government’s annual household income trends report going ...

‘To overcome the wounds of this public health crisis, the city and state need additional funding to address the social and economic vulnerabilities that existed prior to the pandemic, which are ...

Americans were found to be happier in states with higher wealth inequality when they had people of similar backgrounds -- some richer, some poorer -- to compare themselves with. In a state with ...