Wealth Concentration

The world has a hot new explanation for inequality that’s warming the hearts of the deep pockets who’ve benefited the most from the inequality we already have.

Greater economic equality makes us all less stupid, more tolerant, less fearful, and more satisfied with life.

A new book brings the page-turning excitement of a crime thriller to the moral quandary of modern finance.

The White House budget plan would pay for tax cuts for the rich and military expansion by slashing programs for the poor and disabled. We knew some of what to...

Alperovitz challenges us to think past today’s daily scandals to consider exactly what kind of society we want to live in.

A beneficiary of family wealth speaks out against a D.C. City Council proposal to pay for estate tax cuts by shortchanging public services.

In Spain, the UK, and elsewhere, residents are working together to improve their neighborhoods while preventing the gentrification that widens economic divides. A four-lane highway separates the Madrid districts of...

The Great Recession, a new study shows, has driven the sharpest decline in reported happiness since researchers started collecting consistent data.

In Washington, Congress is considering deep health care cuts to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. In Hawai'i, lawmakers have approved landmark new financial support for family caregivers.