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Tag: inequality
Why Finland Is Still the Happiest Country in the World, While the U.S. Is At Its Lowest
Happiness is hard or maybe even impossible to truly measure. Yet every year, researchers try to do it anyway. The ...
Science may not be the meritocracy we thought it to be: gender and race discrepancies are prevalent
At least in the US, some groups are overrepresented in some topics, and some topics are not being taken seriously ...
Political polarization is on the rise around the globe, fueled by inequality
Unless political leaders call on their followers to cooperate with others, polarization is here to stay.
How ‘Doughnut Economics’ could transform the planet post-COVID
What's the connection between a doughnut and rampant social inequality? Glad you asked...
The wealth gap is at least 6,500 years old, finds Polish study
Inequality isn't something new, playing a big role even in ancient societies.
SPENT helps people understand and fight against economic inequality
SPENT is an "online poverty simulator" -- sounds lovely.
Oxen, the ‘robots of the late Neolithic’ jump-started economic inequality
The findings are still very relevant today.
The US wealth gap hasn’t been this big since the “Roaring ’20s”
The "Roaring 20s" ended with the Great Depression. How will this decade end?
U.S. News rankings driving economic inequality on campus
Top universities admit more 1% earners than the bottom 60% combined.
Money can’t buy happiness the saying goes; but it does buy a longer life, Harvard replies
The richest American men may live up to 15 years longer than the poorest ones, and the richest women 10 ...
Rich but not happier — why economic growth doesn’t always translate to happiness
It's easy to assume that with economic gain comes happiness -- we live in capitalism, after all. But science comes ...
How the rich stay rich: social status is more inheritable than height
UK researchers highlight once more a depressing topic: income inequality and lack of social mobility. After they tracked families that ...
The United Nations has released its Human Development Index for 2014. European countries dominate again, the US is 28th
The UN released the Human Development Index for 2014, and it's bad news for the United States - which come ...
