The debate in Congress is over how to help the overall economy, but there is an underlying issue highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street protests. It's the question of the gap between rich and poor - ...

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 ...

A lot of people are talking about income inequality and wealth disparity. My friends post statistics bemoaning the fact that, for example, the wealthiest 62 billionaires have as much money as the ...

I just read your editorial on our being crime victims. You make some very good points about how the increasing popularity of Summit County will lead to rises in many social problems. I would like to ...

In 2013, President Obama called inequality ‘the defining challenge of our time’. But could this gap between the rich and poor have benefits for the economy? World Finance interviews Thomas Piketty, ...

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 ...