Inequality.org | A recent poll found that nearly half of people in the US are having difficulty affording basic necessities like groceries, utility bills, health care, housing, and transportation. A new Institute for Policy Studies report shows that the typical pay at the largest low-wage employers...
Institute for Policy Studies | This report analyzes the 20 largest employers of low-wage U.S. workers, a group we’ve dubbed the “Low-Wage 20.” Together, the Low-Wage 20 companies employ approximately 6.7 million people in the United States. Their median worker wages in 2024 ranged from $9,602 (Ross...
Economic Policy Institute | The intertwining of racial hierarchies and economic policy as a historical pattern has paved the way for vast inequality: by sowing distrust of government, dismantling institutions aimed at equity, and targeting nonwhite communities, political forces weaken cross-racial w...
Tax Justice UK | The latest Sunday Times Tax List reveals a curious gap: while the UK is home to 156 billionaires, only 100 people paid more than £11 million in tax last year — and some mega-rich individuals with fortunes over £10 billion don’t appear at all. This isn’t just a quirk of data but a sy...
CNBC | The gap between the best and worse off Americans is growing — and economists don’t see an end in sight. The “K-shaped” economy has been top of mind for consumers, corporate leaders, policymakers and investors since the Covid pandemic drastically reshaped Americans’ financial habits almost six...
LSE Inequalities | Inequality has a profoundly negative effect on health and wellbeing, write Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope, and age. Rather than behaving like a toxin that produces a sudden spike in mo...