Special Issue | 23 May 2014The science of inequality
INTRODUCTION—Science's special section on the science of inequality uses fresh waves of data to explore the origins, impact, and future of inequality
around the world. [Read the full introduction]
Social mobility is linked with where we are born—but what's behind those connections?
Don't blame farming. Inequality got its start among resource-rich hunter-gatherers.
Today's economic inequality goes back thousands of years but in evolutionary time it is relatively recent.
If the poor will always be with us, an analogy to the second law of thermodynamics may explain why.
The distribution of wealth between and within countries stems from progress in health and wealth that began 250 years ago.
Everything you wanted to know and weren’t afraid to ask about income and wealth.
With a massive database of income tax records, a French superstar challenges conventional wisdom on inequality.
New data allow researchers to map inequality the world over.