That’s a phrase we’ve heard over and over again since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, we all live under the threat of a deadly disease—and a majority of Americans have adhered to public ...

If the U.S. were ever so foolish as to want to shrink inequality, doing so would be easy: abolish usage of cars, planes, computers, smartphones and the internet. Presto, inequality shrunk ...

Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind the field’s resurgence in the last few decades. Branko Milanovic, 2017.

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

Christopher Pollard does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

Research Director CNRS, Professor, HEC Paris and Academic Director, Inclusive Economy Center, S&O Institute, HEC Paris, HEC Paris Business School Recent elections, G20 summits, and CEO pay scandals ...

There is a broad consensus that the impacts of climate change are not experienced equally. According to the World Bank, “The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts ...

The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty, and a massive global recession. As ...

Progress toward racial equality in the United States is real — and possible — if we look, for instance, at changes in racial attitudes across time. My colleagues and I study perceptions of racial ...