Agenda Publica | After devoting his career to analyzing inequality, the Serbo-American economist warns that "political power tends to move toward those who have money," and that democracy ends up being "ostensible." In a conversation with 'Agenda Pública' vice president Rodrigo Pinedo, he also empha...
CNN | The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have exacerbated economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can easily fix.
Source: CNN.
When people are confronted with high income inequality, they develop an unrealistically optimistic view of their chances for social mobility. This misjudgment leads them to show less support for political redistribution—a mechanism that stabilizes social inequality. This conclusion was reached by WZ...
Commissioned by the G20 South Africa Presidency | Inequality is one of the most urgent concerns in the world today, generating many other problems in economies, societies, polities and the environment.
Source: G20 Reports.
Jacobin | The welfare state is essential for keeping the nonworking population out of poverty. But we shouldn’t discount the role of predistributive measures like strong unions and minimum wage laws in reducing inequality.
Source: Jacobin.
Realtime Inequality - Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States?
Realtime Inequality provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups. When new growth numbers come out each quarter, the economists from Berekely show how each income and...