No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity
Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.
inequality
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The Black-White Wage Gap: How Inequality and Monopoly Amplify Racial Discrimination
By Polly Cleveland Following the police killing of George Floyd last year, Howard University professor William Spriggs wrote, “Is now
New Issue Drops!
Our September/October issue is at the printers and has been sent to digital subscribers! Here's the p.
From Germany to America: A Dialog on Inequality
By Polly Cleveland At a coffee break between sessions at the annual History of Economics Society meeting, I chatted with
James Galbraith Tells Us What Everyone Needs to Know About Inequality
By Polly Cleveland Inequality has surged in the U.S. over the last forty years; many observers now blame the
Monday Links
Just three links this week: (1) Mark Karlin, The End Game of Shutting Off Residential Water in Detroit Is a
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 2
Part II: The Neoclassical Response to the Classical Theories of Inequality and Growth Mason Gaffney has shown how many individuals
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 1
In Thomas Piketty’s doomsday model, slowing of growth in the twenty-first century will cause an inexorable increase in inequality.
Report on Working Families Summit, Plus One More Link
(1) Tim Koechlin, "Inequality and the Case for Unions." In my Monday Links post, I meant to include
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. IV
To summarize the argument of Capital thus far, Piketty has found that over long stretches of time and in many
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading the Book (Pt. 1)
More at The Real News Above is a half-hour-long video from The Real News Network of an interview our friend
Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 3
My last post summarized the positive reviews of Piketty and focused on some of the best of these. This post
Live-blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 2
This is the third of our book reviewer Steve Pressman's live-blogging posts on Thomas Piketty's Capital