Ending the Evil of Student Loans
A set of proposals on how to reduce the damage done by the overhang of student loans.
Read more...Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class
J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?
Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission
What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?
Read more...Inequality Represents a Wasted Opportunity for Poverty Reduction
If poverty is falling, why you should still care about what happens to inequality.
Read more...How Inequality Harms Mental Health
Economic justice goes a long way to improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Read more...New Study: Median Uber Driver Earnings $9.73/Hour After Conservative Assumption for Costs
More on the dismal economics of being an Uber driver.
Read more...Why the Distribution of Wealth Has More to Do With Power Than Productivity
How statistics about wealth mislead, and why that matters.
Read more...“That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it?”
Zeitgeist Watch at a Joan Baez concert
Read more...Measuring Unfair Inequality
Quelle surprise! A new study deems the US to be the leader in unfair inequality.
Read more...A Rational Backlash Against Globalization
“In a democratic society that values equality, globalization cannot survive in the long run.”
Read more...Joseph Stiglitz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Social and Economic Justice
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be in the limelight. Is she getting her political footing yet? And will she live up to her “democratic socialist” brand, or is she getting more cozy than necessary with establishment Democrats?
Read more...Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond
Another facet of the opioid crisis: on-the-job addiction and overdoses.
Read more...How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck
Why pension funds, and retirement savers generally, are big victims of the financial crisis.
Read more...Widely-Reported Study on Uber, Lyft Driver Economics Misses Fundamental Deterioration
Once again, some Uber and Lyft data that ought to generate more questions instead gets a free pass from the press.
Read more...Why the Public Debt Should Be Treated as an Asset
Debunking the misconceptions about the role of debt of a currency issuer like the US or UK.
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