A narrow definition such as income inequality does not capture the vast disparities in power that define our society.

The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent ...

Discover who Simon Kuznets was, his Nobel-winning contributions to economics, and the significance of the Kuznets Curve in understanding economic inequality.

In 2025, the average wealth of people in North America and Oceania, which the report has grouped together, stood at 338 ...

The distribution of income is getting more skewed so that the upper 10% is starving our economy. It leaves huge amounts of ...

Income inequality is sometimes considered to be a problem plaguing wealthy American communities like San Francisco, where the gap between rich and poor has been compared with that of developing ...

Income inequality is a persistent problem across the world, but how do top earners compare on a global scale? View on ...

"The issue of wealth and income inequality, to my mind, is the greatest moral issue of our time," said presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.). Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich claims ...

Discover how factor income, from rents, wages, and profits, impacts GDP and GNP. Learn its role in income distribution and ...

Just 1% of Indians hold about 40% of total wealth in the country, making income inequality in India among the highest in the world and “showing little improvement”, according to the World Inequality ...

Globally, the top 0.001% own three times more than the poorest half of humanity combined, said the 2026 World Inequality Report.

Economist Prabhat Patnaik highlights India's growing inequality and advocates for wealth and inheritance taxes to support ...