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Economic inequality
Playing against the system: how a board game is teaching people about inequality
Jun 13, 2023
It's the "unfair game of life."
How employer-sponsored health insurance can widen economic inequality
Apr 24, 2023
Marketplace's senior economics contributor breaks down the impact of employer-sponsored health insurance on college educated and non-college educated workers.
Hip-hop traces its roots to economic hard times
by
Nova Safo
Mar 15, 2023
An exhibit at New York City's Fofografiska museum spotlights how poverty and inequality in the 1970s helped create the genre.
The consequences of underestimating the racial wealth gap
by
David Brancaccio
and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 2, 2023
Ivy Onyeador of Northwestern University discusses why Americans overestimate the progress we've made toward economic equality.
Inside the "hacker" culture of the rich and powerful
by
David Brancaccio
and Ariana Rosas
Feb 28, 2023
A new book explores how the most privileged in society attempt to "hack" the rules.
Debate over Fed's role in shaping unequal economy expected at Jackson Hole
Aug 24, 2021
Wrapped up in this year's theme — "Macroeconomic Policy in an Uneven Economy" — is years of debate and controversy over who the economy serves.
Why public health and the economy are inextricably linked
by
Leana Wen
Aug 12, 2021
Read an excerpt from a new book by emergency room physician and former Baltimore Health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.
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Pandemic exacerbated inequality worldwide, Amnesty International says
Apr 7, 2021
In many countries, those working in low-wage jobs or in the gig economy were left out of government relief packages.
Biden orders push agencies to reckon with their roles in systemic racism
Jan 27, 2021
Economic policies have long excluded entire communities. The Biden administration is putting special emphasis on reviewing housing policy.
COVID economy fallout keeps hitting already impoverished neighborhoods hardest
Oct 1, 2020
People are struggling as winter approaches, and local businesses are only sort of open.