Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the subject. Nicolas Sommet, a social psychologist and research manager at the LIVES ...

Economists and political activists have been issuing warnings about growing economic inequality, or the widening economic disparity between social groups, in the U.S. for years. Economic inequality ...

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Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the ...

In “Economic Sociology,” Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina presents students with a social and philosophical question. “I ask, ‘How many of you like a lot of inequality?’ Usually ...

Study from Ulster University Economic Policy Centre shows Belfast now well ahead of other regions economically ...

Does living in an unequal society make people unhappy? Not necessarily, reveals the largest study ever conducted on the subject. Nicolas Sommet, a social psychologist and research manager at the LIVES ...