A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality ...

Wealth inequality began over 10,000 years ago, gradually increasing after the advent of agriculture due to population growth ...

We are bombarded with claims that capitalism causes inequality, yet what does it really mean? In truth, in a free market ...

A new study led by Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, reveals that ...

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of ...

As you hit ‘submit’ on your tax forms this year, you may be wondering how the 1% lives. Here’s how much they pay in taxes ...

Stiglitz, renowned economist said, unlike Adam's Smith view, "The pursuit of self-interest in the age of AI does not mean the ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

Across the last 10,000 years, inequality has followed no single path. Instead of a straight rise tied to farming, population booms, or cities, the divide between rich and poor has ebbed and flowed ...

New research from the University of Oxford shows land-hungry farming and scarce land drove wealth inequality over the past 10 ...