I studied with the late Harvard professor who had a nuanced understanding of class and race in America.
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Posted inSeptember/October 2023
Private Inequity
The Harvard economist John Coates argues that the growth of two types of investment companies—private equity firms and index funds—has concentrated power and imperiled democracy. But one of these things is not like the other.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Even Before COVID-19, Black Americans Were Dying More
The pandemic is the latest iteration of longstanding racial health disparities.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
To Fix Regional Inequality, Target the One Percent
Migration isn’t what made some metros quite wealthy and others quite poor.
Posted inFeatured, Magazine, March/April/May 2017
The D.C. Working Man’s True Power Suit
Forget the French cuffs. Washington is run by an army of underpaid schlubs.
Posted inEconomy, Government
Revisiting Welfare Reform
A potential update to welfare reform is no substitute for poverty reduction.
