Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind the field’s resurgence in the last few decades. Branko Milanovic, 2017.

A new study visualizes three decades of income inequality data, the most comprehensive worldwide mapping to be done at a subnational level. The ...

The inequality studies minor at Duke, a collaboration between the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity and the Department of History, aims to offer new ways for undergraduates to research and ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That’s according to a new study led by ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that awareness of economic disparity affects happiness, meaning, harmony and spiritual well-being. A comprehensive new ...

A groundbreaking international study of 161,981 participants across 40 countries published in Nature Medicine reveals that air pollution, social inequality, and weak democratic institutions ...

Scientists have linked the impact of living in an unequal society to structural changes in the brains of children – regardless of individual wealth – for the first time. The study of more than 10,000 ...

A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality isn't inevitable, but rather a consequence of political choices. When you ...

In spring 2024, Duke’s inequality studies minor drew more than 150 students across its three core courses. Now, a year later, professors and students are unsure whether the program will stay afloat.