Stock Ownership Flashes a Warning Signal for Wealth Inequality

Wealth inequality doesn't happen overnight. Education trends, labor market patterns and saving behaviors can signal when it's poised to worsen — and in the U.S., a crucial financial metric is flashing red.

The gap in stock ownership between the rich and everyone else has widened since the financial crisis, based on a Gallup analysis. That's the lead item in our weekly economic research roundup, which also takes a look at the outlook for global wages, how student debt affects female lawyers' marriage prospects, and the outlook for oil. Check back every week for new and interesting studies from around the world.