Stock ownership in the United States is often framed as a path to broad prosperity, yet the reality is that most of the market's value sits in relatively few hands. Imagining what would happen if ...

The United States is generally considered a wealthy country by many people in the world. But the country’s unequal wealth distribution is overlooked by those just considering the national wealth ...

One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality ...

In this article, we will discuss the 20 countries with the best distribution of wealth. If you want to skip the detailed analysis, click 5 Countries with Best Distribution of Wealth. The distribution ...

Exercise caution! California is unveiling a novel strategy for wealth distribution, prompting concern about its potential replication in other states. Despite being the most heavily taxed state in the ...

A familiar Hollywood trope: a technologically advanced, futuristic society riven by inequality. There’s the superelite sliver who enjoys the fruits of progress—and then there’s everybody else, as seen ...

(Bloomberg) -- Breaking into the top 1% of wealth in the US is getting harder. It now takes at least $5.8 million to join the richest echelon in the world’s largest economy, almost 15% more than about ...

Editor’s Note: Wednesday’s story, featuring economist Robert Lerman’s take on the distribution of wealth in the United States, has generated a flood of comments. Lerman has agreed to respond to many ...

Anxiety about inflation, among citizens and politicians alike, has been peaking recently. In the United States, the year-on-year increase in consumer prices reached 7.5% in January, the highest rate ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

Which part of the U.S. wealth distribution saw its net worth rise the fastest over the past year, five years and decade? No, not the top 1%, according to the distributional financial accounts ...

On the Oct. 10, 2011, edition of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, former Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, took aim at the financial sector in an interview that focused on the Occupy Wall Street ...