Suddenly the whole world is talking about income inequality. But, as this debate goes on, it is beginning to look as though the thing is being misconceived. The income inequality debate is confusing ...

In 2013, President Obama called inequality ‘the defining challenge of our time’. But could this gap between the rich and poor have benefits for the economy? World Finance interviews Thomas Piketty, ...

Capitalism has a public relations problem. While many will grudgingly admit that capitalism, the economic system based on private property and free trading, yields faster rates of economic growth, ...