We’ve been measuring wealth wrong this whole time – and these are the charts that could change your thinking about it. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards. Subscribe. Sign In.

The door is just about to shut on 2014, so I wanted to take this last opportunity to fulfill my solemn obligation as an econ blogger and nominate my favorite graph of the year. No other image, in ...

Just before the Revolution of 1789, the proportion of national wealth held by the top 10 percent was about 90 percent, and the fraction possessed by the top 1 percent was as much as 60 percent.

That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the ...

America's racial wealth gap widens as frightening graph shows how much more average white families are worth than their Black and Hispanic counterparts - and why the 'silver bullet' won't work ...

The World Wealth and Income Database has updated South Africa’s profile, providing a clearer picture of the country’s wealth and income inequality between 1960 and 2015.

These graphs will change everything you think about wealth and relationships. A new book will make you reconsider everything you thought about having a “wealthy” life.