Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

Growing economic inequality is either “a major issue of our time” or “a defining challenge of our time,” depending on your taste for hyperbole. Given America’s recent experience, however, I would like ...

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Every year since 1985, the annually released Social Security Board of Trustees Report has cautioned that long-term revenue collection (i.e., the 75 years following the release of a report) wouldn't be ...

America has a housing affordability crisis. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance, Yoni Appelbaum’s Stuck, and Mark Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works argue to varying degrees that land-use ...

A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which pups are their own, new research shows. A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which ...

Social Security is facing a growing gap between the revenue it brings in and the benefits it pays out. The actuaries at the Social Security Administration estimate that the retirement program will pay ...

Income inequality Americans experienced as children has been linked to their health outcomes as adults, according to a new study. “Children growing up in a period of rising income inequality seem to ...

There never has been a wealthy country without a few extremely wealthy people, and a lot of people who are destitute. Sometimes “wealth inequality” is a problem; and sometimes, it is just something ...

This isn't the first time Social Security has been on the brink of bankruptcy. The program came within days of being unable to meet its obligations in the 1980s before Congress acted to change the ...

It is an object of outrage for many when they walk past the expensive shops and extravagant apartment buildings on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the Miracle Mile in Chicago, or Rodeo Drive in Beverly ...