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

PBS News Hour Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins hosted a conversation May 1 with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich ...

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 ...

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 ...

Because inequality is regarded as irrelevant by definition, the policies that economists judge “efficient” naturally tend to be those that widen the gap between higher- and lower-wealth citizens.

Tackling income and wealth inequality is at the top of the policy agenda in many countries. This note discusses three approaches of wealth taxation, based on (1) returns with a capital income tax, (2) ...

With its university spires and world-leading science sector, many believe life in Cambridge is one of privilege and wealth, but it is one of the most unequal cities in the UK. Innovate Cambridge ...