Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The Federal Reserve recently released new household data in two ...

While the financial landscape of 2026 remains unknown, there is one thing you can know: where your income places you in America’s economic ladder.

Changes in overall economic conditions may affect real household income levels and also how income is distributed across households. Analysis using annual data from 1967 to 2023 shows that the adverse ...

To explore how public sentiment can influence minimum wage policies, we zoomed in on protests as a signal of public opinion across the US. We analysed data from over 130,000 protests across US ...

Editor's note: The Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) invited economist Anton Korinek to speak about the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy during our AI in Society seminar ...

Malaysia has recorded a consistent decline in income distribution gaps based on various economic indices and indicators, said ...

Discover how induced taxes work as economic stabilizers, influencing spending and income to moderate economic cycles and steady macroeconomic performance.