“We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few. But we can’t ...

Darren Walker explores inequality and democracy in 'The Idea of America' Darren Walker has spent much of his life fighting inequality. From humble beginnings in rural Texas, he went on to lead one of ...

Demonstrators march outside the U.S. Capitol during the Poor People's Campaign rally at the National Mall in Washington on June 23, 2018. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Economists usually gauge a country’s ...

America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” just passed both chambers of Congress. It slashes over $1 trillion from Medicaid and cuts anti-hunger programs by ...

In an upcoming article entitled “‘Our Country Needs a Strong Leader Right Now’: Economic Inequality Enhances the Wish for a Strong Leader” (Sprong et al., 2019), the authors conducted three empirical ...

MPs need to represent the people better and foster a greater sense of inclusion to safeguard democracy, which is under strain ...

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People. There is no shortage of ...

A recent Europe-wide survey has revealed an alarming picture: fewer than six in ten young Europeans believe that democracy is the best form of government. One in five say they would support ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Economists usually gauge a country’s economic health by looking at its gross domestic ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) America has never been richer. But the ...