This story was originally published by Folo Media. The topic of inequality can make your head feel like jelly. The data is endless, the politics are nasty, and there is a continual chorus of people ...

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When you are eighteen years old in the United States, you get a right to vote. That right comes to you regardless of sex, race, religion, class, or gender identity. You can lose the right in some ...

Advocates of universal basic income (UBI) are cautioning against Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s proposed “Freedom Dividend,” saying it would hurt low-income Americans. In interviews ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is ...

Want to help low-income families rise out of poverty? Connect key welfare benefits with work and “make work pay” by offering subsidies for those who get a job. That’s basically been the anti-poverty ...

Most people still feel that, despite recent small upticks in good economic news, things still aren’t going very well. It’s obvious why: Economic inequality in the United States has been receiving a ...

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Economic activity and development are unevenly distributed across regions of the world and within any country. In other words, where someone lives can determine their economic and social well-being.