A New Tally of the World’s Wealthy

Our planet’s ultra-rich have padded their fortunes to new record levels. Who says? The flaming radicals at Merrill Lynch.

America’s Income Soulmates

Two decades of increasing inequality, a new state-by-state survey finds, have shoved poor and middle class Americans onto the same economic treadmill.

Peace on Earth?

How about we start with equality in and among nations, a social commodity — says a just-released UN think tank report on global wealth distribution — in grotesquely short supply.

Are We Happy Yet?

Our Gross Domestic Product keeps rising, but Americans are no happier. Why not? Little Bhutan has an answer Americans seldom hear.