I often start the first-year managerial economics classes I teach by showing a graph to my MBA students (see below). It shows that in 1951, middle-income Indians (from the middle 40 th percentile, ...

Income inequality has been a dominant topic of debate in recent months and will likely influence the coming presidential race. A common argument advanced by fans of inequality economist Thomas Piketty ...

Nor can any health care system solve such inequalities anywhere. But that's not stopped the Health Committee of the Scottish Parliament from haring off after entirely the wrong idea in trying to work ...

The biggest story in the United States economy, beyond its general crappiness, is the extreme inequality that has developed over the past three decades. The top 1% of the country is now taking home a ...

Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by causing employers to bid up the price of scarce labor, so policymakers fretting about income inequality could give an epidemic disease a try. This might ...

Did you file on time? A tax professional friend of mine told me recently that he’s surprised every year to see how many people leave their tax filing to the last minute. Maybe they’re too busy. Maybe ...

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined factors influencing local heterogeneities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rates and the influence ...

Editor’s Note: Errol Louis is the host of “Inside City Hall,” a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. Less than a month into his new job, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is on ...