Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in ...

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Income inequality has become a hot issue in the current political debate, but what does income inequality really portend for the future? MarketWatch's Darrell Delamaide had an article Wednesday ...

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.

High levels of inequality are undermining both national and global capacities to prevent and respond to pandemics, rendering outbreaks more disruptive, deadly, and prolonged, pushing more people into ...

The collective decisions we make today will determine how AI affects productivity growth, income inequality, and industrial concentration Economists have a poor track record of predicting the future.

Inequality plummeted during these times of war and rebellion—but so did stability. Famine was rife, frontier garrisons mutinied, and for decades, warlords carved out territories while the imperial ...