Wealth has soared while GDP growth has been tepid in recent years. That raises key questions, write researchers from the McKinsey Global Institute.

From 2013 to 2016, the top 10% of U.S. households increased their share of total wealth from an amazing 75.3% to a stunning 77.2%.(LM Otero / AP) “The one who dies with the most toys wins ...

Economic inequalities in our country are growing and, as always, cause widely-differing outcomes in health, housing, education, employment and other areas. This is a crucial problem for our society… ...

Even more important, as we shall explain, it ignores the role that the structure of the economic web itself plays in driving the creation of novelty and the evolution of future wealth.

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based researchers, for their study of the institutional roots of wealth and poverty among nations.

True wealth is not just the money and the stuff we accumulate, but three other forms of wealth or capital — human, social and natural capital. Together, they form what the UN calls inclusive wealth.

Robert Reich: We’re Living Under the Cruelest Form of Capitalism in the World Wealth inequality has spiraled out of control. It’s time to end this vicious cycle. Robert Reich November 9, 2021 ...