IN a paper published in 1940 1 I threw doubt on the validity of what is now called the Clausius-Mosotti formula and put forward another which, if correct, would considerably affect present values ...

Around one-fifth of the world’s population lives in countries with high inequality. Today, high levels of income or consumption inequality are concentrated among countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and in ...

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 ...

A recent study in Physical Review Letters explores quantum effects on black hole thermodynamics and geometry, focusing on extending two classical inequalities into the quantum regime. Black holes ...

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Gini coefficient income distribution inequality in Latin America 2022, by country Gini coefficient income distribution inequality in Chile 2000-2022 Gini coefficient income distribution inequality ...

GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, measured by female and male life expectancy at birth; education, measured by female and male ...

In the United States, wealth inequality runs even more pronounced than income inequality. The collective net worth of America’s top 12 billionaires now surpasses $2 trillion. Their combined wealth ...

Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and ...

We also need to focus on how societies predistribute our wealth. The redistribution impulse rests on the notion that we can use steeply graduated tax rates to ease the inequality our market economies ...