Conversations on housing costs often focus on zoning rules, but two new studies say declining affordability is due more to rising income.

Taxing the wealthy may be a popular solution, but it isn't a fix-all for America's leading retirement program.

A slew of demographic changes is primarily responsible for Social Security's rapidly growing unfunded obligations. A larger percentage of earned income is escaping Social Security's payroll tax than ...

TRONDHEIM, Norway — Surprising new research reveals that societies with higher levels of inequality actually produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. The conclusion comes from a study that examined ...

Capitalism has a public relations problem. While many will grudgingly admit that capitalism, the economic system based on private property and free trading, yields faster rates of economic growth, ...

Joseph E. Stiglitz is chair of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality. Imraan Valodia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

The G-20 presidency of South Africa ended last November with the release of a report on global inequality. It was authored by a G-20 committee of independent experts chaired by Nobel Prize winner ...

Keith Hampton, a Michigan State University Department of Media and Information professor, will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic reanimated policy makers’ focus on fixing gaps in broadband ...