In 2017, the business world paused at a shocking statistic: eight men held as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. By ...

Global wealth is concentrated at the top. This is true for all countries to varying degrees. Yet—according to the World Inequality Database—in almost all nations, the richest 10% hold more than 50% of ...

When researchers measure wealth inequality, they use something called the Gini coefficient. Think of it as a score between 0 and 1, where 0 means everyone has exactly the same wealth and 1 means one ...