Income inequality is dominating the economic news cycle at the moment with multiple stories about rising income inequality, the need to raise the minimum wage, and anecdotal stories designed to make ...

“Income redistribution” is more popular than many think. Just as for “entitlement,” the term “income redistribution” has taken on a pejorative meaning. But both entitlements and income redistribution ...

Research reveals that white people appear to support social safety net programs unless they perceive those programs as also helping nonwhites. “White Americans who feel they are on the losing side of ...

Last month in the New York Times, Columbia sociologist Shamus Khan published an essay, “We are Not in This Together.” Khan’s op-ed tries hard to be fair to the rich and to those who don’t favor ...

Call it grassroots socialism if you will, but scattered local support for a universal basic income is making headlines in various ways around the country. In New Mexico, experiments by the cities of ...

The International Monetary Fund came out Wednesday in support of the fight against income inequality, with Fund economists saying income redistribution efforts can strengthen economic growth. Plunging ...