Economic Inequality Is A Major Public Concern Globally, Study Shows
Economic inequality is a grave concern, with many particularly worried about the influence that the super rich are having on ...
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Economic Inequality Seen as Major Challenge Around the World
Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.
Jamie Dimon on the economy, billionaires, and income inequality
The chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase explains why he's referred to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as a Ponzi scheme; his ...
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2. Factors seen as contributing to economic inequality
People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: Majorities in almost ...
Social Security's Income Inequality Problem Is Worsening -- but Taxing the Rich Isn't the Cut-and-Dried Solution It's Made Out to Be
The knee-jerk reaction to more earned income escaping the payroll tax is to increase what high earners are paying into Social ...
The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake
The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the ...
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Author sees end of race politics, urges focus on class inequality
The View” talk show recently interviewed Coleman Hughes, author of the book “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America” (Penguin Random House 2024).
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What America's top economists are saying about AI and inequality
Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial ...
Measuring Inequality: Forget Gini, Go with the Palma Ratio Instead
In 2013, Cobham and Sumner proposed an alternative to the Gini co-efficient: the Palma ratio. They named it after José Gabriel Palma, a Chilean economist. Palma noticed that in most countries, the ...
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Pew study shows growing global concern over economic inequality
A worldwide survey revealed most people in 31 of 36 countries blame influence of the rich over politics as a cause of the widening income gap.
California wildfires could leave deeper inequality in their wake
The fires haven't destroyed only mansions. Also destroyed are neighborhoods of racial and economic diversity, and residents ...
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Social Security's Income Inequality Problem Is Worsening -- but Taxing the Rich Isn't the Cut-and-Dried Solution It's Made Out to Be
Rather, it's a reflection of ongoing demographic shifts, such as a record-low U.S. birth rate, a 58% decline in net legal migration over 25 years, and rising income inequality.