The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

Brigham Young University hosted its 35th annual Hunger Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 21, to help students and community members ...

Question of the Week posts review important questions and controversies in global development by providing background information and links to a full spectrum of analysis and opinion. Today’s post ...

There are a few facts that will always get a reaction of confusion and disbelief. No one knows where eels come from. The Renaissance began in an Italy with no tomatoes. Global inequality is falling.

TheWorld Inequality Report 2026 finds that the world is becoming richer, but increasingly unequal. One striking finding ...

Artificial intelligence promises a significant boost to global productivity over the next decade. However, this advancement ...

Picture a football stadium. Fill it with 56,000 people — the wealthiest 0.001 per cent on Earth. They own three times more wealth than 2.8 billion people combined. But this is not a story about the ...

THE POINT: The world’s assets are piling up in the hands of the few as growth is built on widening gaps. That’s not just unfair — it’s economically unsustainable. This year’s global wealth report by ...