People think Monopoly was born of the Great Depression. But as author Mary Pilon discovered, Monopoly was actually created as a leftwing teaching tool around the Gilded Age.

Pope Leo XIV’s first teaching called on Catholics to engage with and help solve poverty.

Tulsa’s mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations plan, but action at the federal level remains long-stalled.

Common economic measurements, like GDP growth, tell us how fast the economic pie is growing. But they don’t tell us how the pie is getting distributed.

And will any of that change in an economy under the next Trump administration?

It doesn’t necessarily feel like that to everyone living here. This is why.

There’s a whole body of research that draws a correlation between wealth and self-interested behavior. We take a closer look.

Net worth increased, even for low-income families. But is this just a temporary improvement in the wealth gap?

Ray Dalio talks educational spending, taxes and more.

Professor Homa Zarghamee explores issues tied to wealth distribution and explains how economics translates into policies that affect people’s lives.