Is income inequality a problem in the US?

According to the latest Census figures, the wealthiest Americans saw huge jumps in their income, while the rest had their incomes go down. read more

Income Inequality Is Costing the U.S. on Social Issues Image A playground at a women's prison in Lusk, Wyo. Seven out of every 1,000 adults in the United States are in prison, more than five times the rate in most other rich democracies. read more

Third, the income inequality frame contributes to our tendency to simplify complex cultural, social, behavioral and economic problems into strictly economic problems. There is a very strong correlation between single motherhood and low social mobility. read more