The narrative of rewards going to the most qualified people is compelling. Yet decades of research show this is flawed. Far ...

A call for a multidisciplinary introductory social science course to familiarize undergraduates with the methods, theoretical frameworks, landmark studies and findings that have shaped our ...

Oligarchy exists on a continuum, so there is not a single moment someone can point to and say that a country is now ...

The intersection of gender and climate change reveals stark disparities, particularly in regions where social, economic, and ...

House-size data from ancient sites show that economic inequality is historically variable and shaped by human choices, not ...

The term “economy” is often used as a catch-all, but the way it’s discussed by politicians and pundits is typically ...

We need to understand more about how susceptibility to misinformation is socially patterned so that it doesn’t deepen health inequalities, say Simon Williams and Sander van der Linden The effective ...

Archaeologists found that while social inequality did tend to grow with population ... systems and laws that redistributed or prevented highly concentrated wealth. For example, in ancient Athens, ...

Archaeologists found that while social inequality did tend to grow with population ... systems and laws that redistributed or prevented highly concentrated wealth. For example, in ancient Athens, ...

Zoho Corp founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu on Thursday warned that "making money on money" schemes amid wealth inequality are the symptoms of “social collapse” and “decay”. “When a few people ...

but greater tax revenues can both increase the financial resources available to spend on social services like health care and address inequalities in the enjoyment of rights, while also possibly ...

At a special event held at the United Nations (UN) headquarters to coincide with the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged ...