The Facts that Define Our Grand Divides

As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, we are seeing the kinds of unequal effects it is having on people across America.

Wealth inequality stats help us gauge how evenly societies distribute the wealth their economies generate. In the United States, that distribution has grown markedly top-heavy over the past four decades.

Taxation in the United States exacerbates inequality and prevents the country from funding vital programs. Here's how that manifests — and what higher taxes on the rich and corporations could pay for.

Researchers have many different yardsticks for measuring income. But all these yardsticks show a widening gap between the rich and everyone else, especially in the United States.

Increasing evidence — from social scientists the world over — indicates that how long and well we live depends to a great degree on the level of economic inequality within our societies.

Wide racial economic gaps in the United States go hand-in-hand with extreme concentration of wealth.

A shockingly large share of the world’s wealth now rests in the hands of a shockingly small percentage of the world’s population. Most of the world’s households hold hardly any assets at all.

Men dominate the top of the economic summit while women are saddled with debt and poverty.

The care economy is vital to the national economy. It is also characterized by massive racial and gender inequality.

The growing concentration of wealth and power is distorting philanthropy, which is meant to serve the common good.