E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

There was a multipart series here a few years ago on the differences between “equity” and “equality” for schools, but I’m not sure there’s been much advancement in understanding since that time. I do, ...

No one is created equal – let’s get that out there from the get-go. Some people are smarter than others, some are more attractive, some are healthier, happier, some are more conscientious, kinder, ...

Almost everyone understands home equity — this private equity is the percentage of your home you own after paying down your mortgage. More technically, it’s the value of an asset, like property, minus ...

When we hear the word “equity,” it typically comes up in conversations about pay. While compensation is certainly one component of an equitable workplace, the focus on pay and other similar metrics ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...