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Explosive cheating scandal illuminates hidden inequities of college admissions
An explosive scandal around bribery and cheating in college admissions has prompted new questions about access, race and inequality in elite higher education. Judy Woodruff explores some of them with Daniel Golden, senior editor at ProPublica and author of a…
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How economic inequality might affect a society’s well-being
Economic inequality is a major theme in the American political dialogue. As the country’s wealthiest people continually become richer at the expense of the poor, some research suggests they may actually become less happy and healthy. Economics correspondent Paul Solman…
3 charts that explain the rise in U.S. household income
The median household income rose in 2017 for the third straight year, although disparities among racial groups persisted.
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‘Plague of inequality’ haunts U.S. 50 years after a landmark study on racial division
This weeks marks the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, a bipartisan assessment of race in America that revealed the nation to be both separate and unequal. A half century later, a new report takes stock of what we’ve begun…
Is geographic mobility the key to moving up the economic ladder? Economists are finding that the odds no longer favor American kids in doing better than their parents, but some hope that uprooting their families and moving to safer streets…
The hottest curve in economics right now helps explain the rise of China, the rise of populism in Europe and the rise of Donald Trump. From a global perspective, income inequality has gone down. But if you're middle class in…
The "elephant chart" explains the rise of populism in the developed world and so much more.
Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not only inevitable, but that whenever inequality has been reduced, the reasons forcing inequality down have been nothing short of horrific.
Those making less than $19,000 a year pay almost 11 percent of their income in state and local taxes. Here's why that matters.
