In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including the gap between the rich and the poor, unequal rights for men and women, ...

In recent years, governments worldwide have expressed concern over rising inequality, eroding social cohesion, and declining trust in institutions.

Inequality is nothing new, but it's also far from inevitable. That's the takeaway from a new study of more than 1,000 settlements around the world over the last 10,000 years. Archaeologists found that ...

Social inequality is bad for business. In an ideal world, we’d tackle social inequality just because it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes we can’t agree “on the right thing.” Putting values and ...

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"If inequality is argued to be natural or inevitable, then any efforts to mitigate or check it likely would be discouraged." From the lavish burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs to forgotten hoards of ...