In this video, we explore the government's role in the ongoing global economic crisis, discussing issues like inequality and ...

The concept of the “human rights economy” (HRE) developed by nongovernmental organizations including the Center for Economic ...

Inequality today is not only persistent; it is structurally embedded and self-reinforcing. Drawing on the work of more than 200 scholars, the World Inequality Report 2026 examines the scale, drivers ...

World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. One of their main goals is to align their responses to geopolitical shocks such as floods and wildfires ...

Ambitious. Utopian. Wacky. These are among the responses to the publication last month of the Global Justice Report by economist Lucas Chancel at the Paris-based World Inequality Lab and his 44 ...

Investors and businesses are underestimating one of the fastest-growing sources of financial risk: inequality.

Global wealth rose 10.8% in 2025, with high-net-worth individuals driving most gains as financial assets outpaced income ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

Early in her career, Prof. Susan C. Stokes saw a wave of democratization. In Southern Europe, Latin America and the former Soviet Union, authoritarian regimes were tumbling. But in this first quarter ...

Changing course on decades of deepening inequality requires bold action and vision. The U.S. is in the grips of an inequality emergency. Decades of deliberate, regressive policy choices have rigged ...