Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022 ...

Economic realities of living in California hit hard as gap between rich and poor remains near historic highs

California is nothing if not a land of contrast. It is a state of astounding economic might, yet it carries the highest poverty rate in the nation. It has more residents on the Forbes 400 list of ...

Why some Americans who make a lot of money feel so poor

The American Dream has never felt further out of reach. And it’s not just because the house with the white-picket fence and the nanny to care for the children are unaffordable. They’re also, for many, ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time

To investigate the emergence of a pro-wealthy bias in the US Supreme Court, we develop a protocol to identify and analyze all cases involving economic issues from 1953 to the present. We categorize ...

Yes, they do mind the gap. Everyone's getting richer in the US, but boomers are pulling ahead. Why that's not sitting well with younger generations

Second, among the oldest Americans, homeownership rose sharply over the study window (1983 to 2022) and remained high.