Income inequality

Apple CEO Tim Cook
Success

Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates speaks onstage during The Wall Street Journal's 2024 The Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 22, 2024 in New York City.
Big Tech

Nvidia turns negative after Ray Dalio warns the latest market boom is a ‘big bubble with big wealth gaps’ poised for a politically explosive bust

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November 20, 2025
Workers in meeting
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Gen Z wants to know what their coworkers earn—so they’re being more transparent about pay and shunning employers who hide salaries

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November 11, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
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America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall

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November 4, 2025
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Law

Single mother sues — and beats — Kentucky for kicking her off food stamps because she bought food at the store where she worked

By Sylvia Goodman and The Associated Press
September 30, 2025
Bill Ackman closeup
Finance

Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman shares the secret that got him through his lowest moments 

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June 8, 2025
Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk stand in a crowd
Politics

Trump’s tax hike on millionaires is back on the table—but experts say it won’t make a dent in the ultra-rich

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May 11, 2025
The real reasons the CEO-worker pay gap spiraled out of control in America—and what to do about it
Commentary

The real reasons the CEO-worker pay gap spiraled out of control in America—and what to do about it

By Claudio Fernández-Aráoz and Greg Nagel
April 15, 2025
Trump promised no taxes on tips and Social Security. But you still need to pay them this year
Personal Finance

Trump promised no taxes on tips and Social Security. But you still need to pay them this year

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March 31, 2025
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Lifestyle

It will take 134 years for the world to reach gender equality, JPMorgan says

By Anna Kitanaka and Bloomberg
March 8, 2025
Children seen through a school playground fence in New York City
Success

The secret to getting rich quicker might be living in a small town. Return to office is making that harder

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March 7, 2025
Millennials’ midlife crisis looks different from their parents’ sports cars and mistresses—it’s a ‘crisis of purpose and engagement’
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Millennials’ midlife crisis looks different from their parents’ sports cars and mistresses—it’s a ‘crisis of purpose and engagement’

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March 4, 2025
A young businesswoman leading a meeting
Success

Women are officially the economy’s power players—outpacing men in both income and spending growth, BofA report says

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January 22, 2025
Businesswoman leading informal meeting in modern open plan office
Success

U.K. millennials will probably never experience the same income boom as Gen X and baby boomers, major study shows

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December 19, 2024
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Leadership

Inside a Fortune 500 CEO’s manic plan to escape the U.S. ‘death tax’: ‘It’s not that I’m selfish for myself’

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November 23, 2024

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