Income
Paddy Quick: Do workers benefit from increased education?
By Paddy Quick, It is always been true that the earnings of those with more education are, on average, greater than the ea
US Official Unemployment is at 3.9%? It is More Like 12%
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fNrU9wvZ8&w=843&h=474] Unemployment is low and standard
2018 Conference on The Global Knowledge of Economic Inequality: The Measurement of Income and Wealth Distribution since 1945
German Historical Institute London Date: 15-17 November 2018 Closing date: 28 February 2018 Economic inequality has
Steven Pressman on the Struggling US Middle Class
Steven Pressman, professor of economics at Colorado State University, delves into what defines the middle class and h
Why current definitions of family income are misleading, and why this matters for measures of inequality
By Nancy Folbre, Researchers studying income distribution in the United States seem reluctant to acknowledge the fam
Inequality Update: Who Gains When Income Grows?
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva Since the 1980s, economic recoveries in the United States have been delivering the vast majori
re: F@ck Work?
by Scott Ferguson, James Livingston has responded to my critique of his Aeon essay, “Fuck Work.” His response was publ
New book by Piero Ferri: Aggregate Demand, Inequality and Instability
From Edward Elgar: This book studies the relationships between aggregate demand, inequality and instability. It ext
Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countries
By Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, & Gabriel Zucman: The rise of economic inequality is one of the most hotly debate
New Working Paper by Nancy Folbre: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy
From the abstract: Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw defends the high earnings of the top one percent in the U.S. with a t
TANF didn’t fight poverty, full employment did
By Virginia Rutter Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work exa