Wealth inequality dates back more than 10,000 years, long before the emergence of the first civilizations. A recent study ...

The data comes from the Federal Reserve, and its Survey of Consumer Finances The survey is done every three years and tracks the difference in families' wealth ... could stop inequality in its ...

For the first time, archaeology allows humanity’s deep past to provide an account of the early manifestations of wealth inequality around the world. The idea of using house size as a proxy for ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Over the past 10,000 years, wealth inequality in human societies has been influenced by agricultural practices and governance. In regions with land-intensive ...

Analysis of data from over 47,500 homes across 2,990 archaeological sites over 10,000 years shows a correlation between wealth inequality and the longevity of human settlements.

Inequality has become a central policy issue around the world. We study trends of inequality in earnings, income and wealth across households in Japan, using the National Survey of Family Income and ...