Articles, studies and U.S. Census data focusing on wealth inequality rely on the Gini coefficient. How is it calculated, and what does it tell us? Frank Cowell, an economist at the London School of ...

New data from a Chinese think tank suggests that the government has succeeded in tamping down on inequality, flying in the face of academic evidence and sparking fresh controversy over the divide ...

Income inequality is consistently a major topic in U.S. presidential races. Gini coefficient figures have ranked the U.S. as one of the worst places for income equality among developed economies for ...