What the numbers tell us
Gilbert Chin and Elizabeth Culotta
A world of difference
A world of difference
New data allow researchers to map inequality the world over
Emily Underwood
The ancient roots of the 1%
The ancient roots of the 1%
Don't blame farming. Inequality got its start among resource-rich hunter-gatherers
Heather Pringle
Our egalitarian Eden
Our egalitarian Eden
Hunter-gatherers—and presumably all our ancestors—lived as equals
Elizabeth Pennisi
Tax man's gloomy message: the rich will get richer
Tax man's gloomy message: the rich will get richer
With a massive database of income tax records, a French superstar challenges conventional wisdom on inequality
Eliot Marshall
Physicists say it's simple
Physicists say it's simple
If the poor will always be with us, an analogy to the second law of thermodynamics may explain why
Adrian Cho
Can disparities be deadly?
Can disparities be deadly?
Controversial research explores whether living in an unequal society can make people sick
Emily Underwood
While emerging economies boom, equality goes bust
While emerging economies boom, equality goes bust
Inequality spikes in developing nations around the world
Mara Hvistendahl
Tracking who climbs up—and who falls down—the ladder
Tracking who climbs up—and who falls down—the ladder
Researchers seek new ways to understand social mobility and opportunity in America
Jeffrey Mervis
Inequality in the long run
Inequality in the long run
Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez
Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent”
Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent”
David H. Autor
Income inequality in the developing world
Income inequality in the developing world
Martin Ravallion
The intergenerational transmission of inequality: Maternal disadvantage and health at birth
The intergenerational transmission of inequality: Maternal disadvantage and health at birth
Anna Aizer and Janet Currie
On the psychology of poverty
On the psychology of poverty
