Income inequality

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Esther Duflo accepting her Nobel prize in 2019
Finance

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo proposes taxing 3,000 billionaires to protect the world’s poorest from climate change—and most Americans likely agree with the plan

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April 20, 2024
Ken Paxton
Politics

Texas AG sues to halt a guaranteed income program, calling it a ‘socialist experiment’

By Juan Lozano and The Associated Press
April 9, 2024
Shot of a young businesswoman looking stressed out while working on a laptop in an office
Success

Women outearn men in just a handful of U.S. cities, report finds—and not by a lot

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March 27, 2024
hispanic latina college student works on assignment in her dorm room.She is smiling and in the background there is a big blackboard
Success

These are the worst-paying college degrees, according to a Fed analysis of 75 majors

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March 19, 2024
Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress
Politics

One of the few forecasters to predict violence and chaos in 2020 thinks spiraling inequality is pushing the U.S. closer to collapse than Russia

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March 12, 2024
Paul Bettencourt
Politics

Texas lawmaker who opposes giving $500 per month to 1,900 Houstonians sponsored a bill to save every homeowner $1,300 a year

By
February 5, 2024
The ‘beauty bubble’ is real. Just ask the man who’s been studying the link between being hot and making more money for 30 years
Success

The ‘beauty bubble’ is real. Just ask the man who’s been studying the link between being hot and making more money for 30 years

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February 3, 2024
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Leadership

The world’s 5 richest people, from Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos to Warren Buffett, doubled their wealth to $869 billion since 2020, report finds

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January 16, 2024
Trader
Finance

The running of the bulls in 2023 was more like the waddle of the fat cats

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January 13, 2024
a picture showing a busy street in the city of London
Finance

Britain’s snail-pace growth has set U.K. households back by $10,500 as peers in France and Germany pull away

By
December 4, 2023
a Microsoft logo on the side of an office building
Newsletters

Microsoft instructed all workers to set diversity goals in performance reviews. Employees taking optional DEI courses increased by 270%

By
November 8, 2023
Rising education and income could soon make Latinos a major economic force. But barriers still exist
Newsletters

Rising education and income could soon make Latinos a major economic force. But barriers still exist

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October 25, 2023
American economist Claudia Goldin, who was awarded the Nobel prize in economics, talks to the press at Harvard University.
Success

New Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin says ‘greedy jobs’ are becoming more accessible to women—but companies need to stay flexible

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October 13, 2023
Women drop $15 billion more annually on medical expenses than men. How employers can fix the covert health insurance ‘pink tax’
Health

Women drop $15 billion more annually on medical expenses than men. How employers can fix the covert health insurance ‘pink tax’

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September 26, 2023
The age of the city has not ended–but its inequality is fueling the backlash against metropolitan elites
Commentary

The age of the city has not ended–but its inequality is fueling the backlash against metropolitan elites

By
September 20, 2023

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