Data is cool, and visualizing it is even cooler, especially when it results in interesting maps such as Carnegie Mellon University’s new interactive map about income inequality around the world. Today ...

Economist Branko Milanovic spoke at the Watson Institute Monday evening about the ideas behind his new book, “Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization.” The intimate, ...

Pretty cool: a map that visualizes income inequality using Manhattan as a scale. This appeared on the third issue of n+1’s Occupy! gazette. Maria Popova has an explanation: The graphic is inspired by ...

An entrance to Michigan State University, located in East Lansing, Michigan. East Lansing has one of the highest rates of income inequality out of some of America's biggest college towns. Over the ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

This interactive map shows just how much the percentage of income made by the top 1 percent of earners around the world has changed over the last 100 years. In the U.S., starting at around the ’80s, ...

Review & Outlook: Analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, Syracuse University and the National Taxpayer Advocate suggest Democratic Party claims that only high earners will be squeezed in the ...

The nation's wealthiest residents saw their billions grow even larger in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic due to policies from the Federal Reserve that have deepened the chasm of income ...

Barely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating streak that has rung up more than 110 months ...

Brian Thiede has received funding from The United States Departments of Agriculture and Labor. David L. Brown receives funding from USDA -NIFA. Jaclyn Butler receives funding from The United States ...

Across the U.S. income inequality is rising more and more, both on the national level and at the city level. Income inequality is an increasing problem in the United States and has been for several ...