The 400 richest Americans — the top 0.00025 percent of the population — have tripled their share of the nation’s wealth since the early 1980s, according to a new working paper on wealth inequality by ...
The United States is undeniably a wealthy nation, with its total household net worth soaring into the tens of trillions of dollars. But this immense wealth isn't spread evenly; it's famously ...
Economists monitor income disparities because they can harden into more structural wealth inequalities that concern policymakers. Wider wealth gaps may also impact monetary policy transmission and ...