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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

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 severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty, and a massive global recession. As ...