Social circles distort how people see inequality. A new experiment shows that who you interact with quietly shapes your tax ...

If we told you that the United States’ rank in life expectancy among wealthy nations was declining, would you be surprised?

A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with ...

A retiree who owns their home outright only needs to fund their lifestyle expenses. Using a real return of 4% and a 30-year retirement, that requires around $1.25 million in super – a figure that ...

Sean Kelly’s Quarterly Essay asking what Labor stands for today focuses excessively on the prime minister, ignoring the wider ...

For a growing number of our wealthiest families and foundations, philanthropy is being redefined as a strategic investment in ...

If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more ...

Wars come in so many shapes and forms. We have the internal wars of inequality – who has and who has not, poverty and riches – going on within countries. Then there are the external wars between ...

With countries like Australia still debating whether or not the time has come to become a republic, what prompted tiny ...

Women trafficked to work in Asia’s notorious scam industry describe horrifying conditions inside heavily-guarded compounds, ...

Financial windfalls are increasingly complicating relationships as the gulf between the haves and the have-nots grows.