A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality isn't inevitable, but rather a consequence of political choices.

This series of charts begins with a look at how the pandemic has exacerbated racial inequalities. The racial wealth divide, according to Survey of Consumer Finances data, has narrowed slightly since ...

Bernoulli's equation is a simple but incredibly important equation in physics and engineering that can help us understand a lot about the flow of fluids in the world around us. It essentially ...

The results, published on April 14 in the journal PNAS, contradict many longstanding assumptions about inequality’s inevitability and how societies organize over time. America’s wealth ...

These two powerful civilizations shaped much of the world’s early history. But which one of these ancient empires had the greatest inequality? A recent study published in Nature Communications has ...

The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our times. It threatens to reverse progress on human rights and sustainable development and worsens gender inequality – posing specific risks ...

In the Philippines during his visit in 2015, I particularly remember his call to put an end to “scandalous inequality” in our country. He was very much on point and I wonder what he would have ...

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The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common - high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

New data show that Canada’s inequality crisis is driven by both billionaire wealth and runaway housing costs. Without a meaningful fix, both democracy and economic growth will be distorted by ...

In their new study, they constructed the most detailed estimates to date of income inequality in ancient Rome (circa 165 CE) and Han China (circa 2 CE). On the surface, Rome and Han China had much ...

Archaeological research has revealed how wealth inequality over the past 10,000 years was encouraged by land-hungry farming practices. A groundbreaking study led by Professor Amy Bogaard from Oxford ...