New Data on Women’s Earnings
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released this new report on women’s earnings in 2016.
Income Inequality
In Defense of Meritocracy
To level the playing field for less-privileged Americans, meritocracy should be reformed, not eliminated.
What if Major Causes of Poverty Are Behavioral?
Following the success sequence (getting an education, a job, and a spouse before begetting children) acts as insurance against poverty.
The New York Times Faces Facts About the Gender Pay Gap
There are millions of parents who want to either stay home with their children or spend as much time as possible with them as they pursue a career.
I Am Cancer
The native-born underclass could learn from entrepreneurial immigrants. Character sketches from eviction court.
Inequality and the Fracturing of American Democracy
The assumption that rising inequality is nothing to worry about threatens the fabric of American democracy.
Poverty Isn’t the Chief Cause of Crime
A Chicago video shows the consequence not of poverty but of familial and cultural breakdown.
New Anti-Poverty Legislation Aimed at Private Investors
A bipartisan group of congressmen recently introduced a new bill intended to reinvigorate America’s poorest communities.
A Modest Proposal to Solve Inequality
Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by causing employers to bid up the price of scarce labor.
The Myth of the Stagnating Middle Class
Demagogues on all sides of the political aisle insist that Americans are living worse than they did years ago. They’re wrong.