A holiday for popular generosity like Giving Tuesday is worth celebrating. But wealth inequality can overshadow its impact.

The good times — for America’s super wealthy — are now rolling way past good. Our richest have in 2024 enjoyed their best year ever. No other nation’s deepest pockets have watched their fortunes grow ...

Texas’ electrical grid made national headlines in the winter of 2021 when the state experienced statewide power outages. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid ...

If you’re suddenly feeling confused about inequality, you have a good reason. Two of America’s most authoritative dailies — the New York Times and the Washington Post — have just come out with pieces ...

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon. He’ll stay on as the executive chairman of Amazon’s board, but he’ll no longer be managing the company on a daily basis. Editors and pundits worldwide are ...

Why has America become so unequal? Americans, says one school of thought, simply don’t care how wealthy our wealthiest get to be. The New York Times has just run an analysis that plays off this ...

Where in the developed world do rich people pay the least in taxes? To Americans these days, this question would seem to have an obvious answer. The most rich people-friendly nation at tax time simply ...

One of the country's largest donor-advised fund sponsors publishes an annual report that demands a closer look.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected an unprecedented total of seven reported billionaires for senior positions in his administration. Including himself, that makes eight. This figure could ...