Why more equality means more prosperity.
American Life Investors Guide
Posted inEconomy, Education, K-12, Magazine, November/December 2014
The New Segregation
It’s class, not race. And we know how to solve it.
Posted inEducation, K-12, Magazine, November/December 2014
Unequal at the Start
Early childhood programs pay dividends for life.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2014
Discounted Seniors
Future waves of retirees need help saving now. If they get it, they’ll be a boon, not a burden.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2014
Conclusion: Slow Growth and Inequality are Political Choices. We Can Choose Otherwise.
A rich country with millions of poor people. A country that prides itself on being the land of opportunity, but in which a child’s prospects are more dependent on the income and education of his or her parents than in other advanced countries. A country that believes in fair play, but in which the richest […]
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2014
Frenzied Financialization
Shrinking the financial sector will make us all richer.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2014
Crunch Time
Modest workplace reforms will strengthen families and the economy.
Posted inEconomy, Education, Higher Education, Magazine, November/December 2014
The Diploma Deficit
The problem is not college debt, it’s low graduation rates. Fix that, and you fix the economy.
Posted inEducation, K-12, Magazine, November/December 2014
Inequality slowly destroys a once-great black high school
I visited my old high school in the Lee-Miles neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, not long ago. It was hard to believe that it has been forty-three years since I walked its halls. For the most part, John F. Kennedy High School, a fortress-like brown-brick building devoid of any architectural flair, looks very much as it […]
