Data presented ahead of the World Economic Forum confirm that economic inequality has entered a phase of acceleration, not stagnation.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of top economists and other experts, including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, called on Friday for the world to set up an independent ...

Huge inequality between inner-city and suburban parks across the world could be threatening well-being globally, suggests a study from King's College London and Nokia Bell Labs.

Anthropic’s new research warns faster AI adoption in wealthy nations could widen global inequality, even as India emerges as ...

In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into superstardom.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daron Acemoglu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Frank Molter/dpa A trio of US-based experts have won the 2024 Nobel ...

The second day of the ninth Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest at Alhamra Arts Council unfolded with wide-ranging discussions on global inequality, democratic reform, governance failures and the growing pressures ...

Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on ...

THE POINT: The world’s assets are piling up in the hands of the few as growth is built on widening gaps. That’s not just unfair — it’s economically unsustainable. This year’s global wealth report by ...

The 2025 G20 Global Inequality Report was a timely attempt to address inequality. However, one must be critically aware that ...

Huge inequality between inner-city and suburban parks across the world could be threatening wellbeing globally, a new study from King’s College London and Nokia Bell Labs suggests.