While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

U.S. philantropist and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller gives a dime to a child. After “robber barons” like Rockefeller amassed a staggering amount of wealth in the late 19th century, the progressive ...

When economists track inequality, they typically focus on income and spending. But a significant share of the services that families actually consume – meals cooked at home, child care, housecleaning ...

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The Baldy Center Podcast features Matthew Dimick discussing his recent book, Ending Income Inequality: A Critical Approach to the Law and Economics of Redistribution. Dimick explores how legal rules ...

India has officially become one of the most unequal large economies on earth. The World Inequality Report 2026, released Wednesday by the World Inequality Lab (co-directed by Thomas Piketty, Lucas ...