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Vlad Skots, former truck driver turned Founder&CEO of global logistics firm USKO Inc., has launched Motion TMS, a cloud- ...

If economic inequality increases within a country, the risk of civil war breaking out grows. This is the finding from a study ...

Across 41 states, the bottom 20% make less than $20,000 on average. Meanwhile, the top 20% earn more than $250,000 in 25 ...

The U.S. may have the highest level of income inequality of the G7 nations, but new research suggests that disparity has actually stabilized over the last decade, thanks to rapid growth in wages ...

Rio de Janeiro’s favela of Rocinha sees makeshift dwellings spiral down the mountain, all but crashing into the turquoise ...

Most Americans think there is too much economic inequality in the country these days, and about half say addressing inequality requires significant changes to the economic system. Even so, among those ...

Heather Boushey and Adam S. Hersh discuss ways that the strength of the middle class and the level of societal inequality both affect economic growth and stability. To say that the middle class is ...

But is economic inequality really what bothers us? An influential essay published in 1987 by the philosopher Harry Frankfurt suggests that we have misidentified the problem. Professor Frankfurt ...

The study found that happiness exerts a measurable and positive effect on income. Specifically, a 1% increase in happiness ...

A global surge in rheumatoid arthritis with local hotspots highlights the need for targeted public health interventions.