Consistent evidence documents powerful effects of social inequality on health, well-being and academic achievement. Yet research on whether social inequality may also be linked to brain structure and ...

Inequality, or the unequal distribution of resources (such as status, land or opportunities), has been a substantial and recurrent issue throughout human history. The persistence of inequality raises ...

Corporations and billionaires are increasing their wealth at astounding rates while the rest of us are suffering the consequences of their greed. Oxfam’s new report, “Takers, Not Makers,” explores how ...

Thomas Piketty’s Nature, Culture, and Inequality is a little book that addresses an issue of great significance: is the social inequality we observe every day natural? Drawing on historical economic ...

A flurry of new books highlights broad disagreements over how to address the problem. “Most of us agree that inequality is a problem — even if we can’t agree on what that actually means and what to do ...

I was recently asked to give the keynote address for a youth leadership conference. In the invitation, they informed me that the conference theme was inequality and that I had only 10 minutes to speak ...