The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving mathematics instruction from grade 8-14 and supporting teacher education ...

An interesting set of some 40 charts depicting poverty levels, inequality, and income distributions covering 191 countries between 1970 and 2006 in a paper from MIT's Maxim Pinkovskiy and Columbia's ...

This chart is the one that convinces me that the increase in income inequality in the US is all about globalisation and about very little else. Further, as such it's simply not something that I can ...

Defenders of the economic status quo in America continue to assert that economic inequality (1) doesn't exist, (2) isn't as bad as you think, or (3) is actually good for everybody. That's despite ...

The Umbrella Movement may be winding down, but the underlying economic tensions are not going away anytime soon. While the world has focused on Hong Kong's demand for democracy and universal suffrage, ...

First, give credit to where it’s due: David Leonhart of The New York Times has produced a wonderful chart on income inequality in his article, “Our broken economy.” Taken from data compiled by Thomas ...

[caption id="attachment_22605" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Catania Sicily, Italy. Men with a lower level of education live shorter lives, on average, than their ...

[caption id="attachment_22069" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Luxury yachts in Monaco: The surge in top incomes, combined with high savings, has resulted in growing ...