While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

Changes in overall economic conditions may affect real household income levels and also how income is distributed across households. Analysis using annual data from 1967 to 2023 shows that the adverse ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The Federal Reserve recently released new household data in two ...

This article examines the relationship between intra-couple income distribution and subjective wellbeing, using nationally representative data from Hungary. We show that the association between the ...

To explore how public sentiment can influence minimum wage policies, we zoomed in on protests as a signal of public opinion across the US. We analysed data from over 130,000 protests across US ...

Several studies by Thomas Piketty and his colleagues purporting to show that income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over the last 60 years have influenced the public’s views ...

A defining aspect of the American dream is that the economic well-being of each generation surpasses that of the previous one. However, commentators have questioned whether this holds true for the ...

Malaysia has recorded a consistent decline in income distribution gaps based on various economic indices and indicators, said ...

In my last column “The Democrat Big Lie on taxation,” I debunked the claim that the rich don’t pay their fair share of the taxes. A reader’s online comment grudgingly conceded my point but sidestepped ...