Learn about market failure in economics, where supply and demand imbalances lead to inefficient distribution, its types, and causes.

Prof. Benjamin Page, political science, Northwestern University, attributed political inequality in the United States to the legislative system and unequal representation at a lecture Monday. Page’s ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the ...

Income inequality is a natural feature of a dynamic, prosperous society such as ours. When politicians and the media use terms such as “distribution” of income or wealth, it implies that someone from ...

If you want to understand the relationship between modern American philanthropy and the economic system from which it sprang, just trace the history of the Ford Foundation. Over the last century, the ...

What caused the Great Recession? This question, not surprisingly, is proving divisive. Just today, The Huffington Post reported that the Republican members of the congressionally-appointed Financial ...

A BRIEFING paper released in September by international development organization Oxfam revealed that across Asia, there are ...

The Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz will continue to receive funding through the German Excellence Strategy for another seven years. The German ...

Hundreds of women, joined by children, adults, and seniors, flooded the streets of San José on Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, demanding equality, justice, and an end to the escalating ...

India's rich and poor divide is getting deeper than ever. Hardik Joshi, a financial analyst, says it's even worse now than during British colonial times. Joshi, an economic analyst, shared strong ...