Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. Perhaps it's all you can expect from retail televised ...

The inequality debate is possibly one of the worst instances of statistical abuse since Pythagoras. The most recent outbreak saw commentators – who really do know better – purring over the a Tasc ...

The United States has the highest income gap in the developed world, and it's affecting how kids do in school, new research suggests. A new study reports that 10-year-olds' scores on standardized math ...

FLINT, MI – Michael Sandel is no stranger to public speaking. The course he teaches at Harvard University, called "Justice," has caught the attention of more than 15,000 students, and was the first ...

The long-standing policy of "practical reconciliation" between Australian Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people has actively disregarded the need to redress past injustice as the basis of current ...

In the State of the Union address, President Obama talked about some of his plans to reduce "income inequality" in America. As the last words passed his lips the pundits came out to support and oppose ...