On the Latino economic front, there is good news, bad news, and worse news. The overall economic condition of Latinos is improving. The U.S. Department of Treasury reports that between 2013 and 2022, ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, professors David Gamage and Darien Shanske discuss their recent paper, “Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level,” which lays out their argument for a ...

Plans for a wealth tax, which is dividing France, have gotten popular around the world as inequality has widened and government debt has risen. Credit...Doug Chayka Supported by By Patricia Cohen ...

While the longest shutdown in U.S. history leaves millions of Americans with missed paychecks and mounting bills, this piece explores why we must build wealth for all, especially for communities that ...

The top 10% of wealthy Americans now control 60% of the nation’s wealth, while the poorer half of the country holds only 6%, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. The new report, ...

Mike Savage is affiliated with the LSE's International Inequalities Institute where he convenes a research group exploring the 'social impact of extreme wealth'. His work has been supported by various ...

France is in a giant fiscal hole. This year the government will run a deficit, where its spending exceeds its revenues, of €160bn ($190bn, or more than 5% of gdp). Investors in its bonds are nervous; ...

Stewart Lansley is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. His latest book, The Richer, The Poorer: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor, is published by Bristol University Press. In ...