Recently the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a rule that companies have to show the ratio of what their chief executive made in a year compared to the total median compensation of all employees. The number is often in the hundreds because so...
In recent decades, income inequality in the United States has taken a sharp turn for the worse. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the net worth of the 20 wealthiest living Americans is equal to that of more than 50% of the U.S. population. In some states,...
The Great Recession has brought the disparity between the rich and the poor to the forefront of the news. The Occupy Wall Street movement and terms such as the 99% and 1% further highlight the attention about the subject. Read more: States with the Widest...
