By focusing on the growing riches of the “1 percent,” we miss another form of inequality that is bigger, and arguably even more dangerous.
Economy
Reporting and analysis on the American economy and economic policy: how markets, monopolies, and public policy shape jobs, wages, and opportunity. Includes our long-running coverage of antitrust and corporate power in The Monopolized Economy.
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2015, Magazine
The Lost Entrepreneurial Generation?
Millennials are starting fewer businesses than previous generations. Here’s what might be holding them back.
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2015, Magazine
The Young and the Rentless
Can shared equity make homeownership safe for Millennials?
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2015, Magazine
Ancient Greece’s Middle-Out Strategy
There’s not much doubt that the central issue of the 2016 elections will be wage stagnation and the shrinking middle class. Liberals have been itching for this fight for years, of course. But even conservatives are sounding like economic populists these days—Republicans “are and should be the party of the 47 percent,” declared Senator Ted […]
Posted inEconomy
Financial Volatility is the New Normal for Most American Households
New research finds most Americans are unprepared to weather a financial crisis.
Posted inEconomy
French Fries and Free Trade Agreements
Booming U.S. potato exports are an example of how free trade agreements can open markets for U.S. products – and fuel cultural trends abroad.
Posted inEconomy
The Challenge of Latino Retirement Security
Only 6 percent of Latino workers in California have employer-sponsored retirement savings
Posted inEconomy, Government
“The Little Agency That Could” – OPIC’s Outsized Role in Foreign Development
This often-overlooked agency leads U.S. development efforts overseas – while making a profit for taxpayers. Ben Leo of the Center for Global Development says Congress should let it do even more.
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2015, Magazine
Immobile in America
Robert Putnam marshals the evidence that class is eclipsing race as our central source of inequality, and killing the American Dream.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, March/April/May 2015
The Future of Work
The American Midwest and the Mexican border are the twin faces of economic globalization—and the upheavals they have endured are the new normal.
