Overview The U.S. House of Representatives late last week passed a key plank of President Joe…
Category: Economic Equality
How the College Gender Gap Might Change the Economy
Women have also edged ahead in prestigious programs like medicine, law, and masters and doctoral degrees.…
U.S. disability programs provide valuable benefits to low-income recipients across a range of health conditions
The three components of the U.S. social insurance system serve retirees and those recipients facing challenging…
Build Back Better May Not Have Passed a Decade Ago
“Look at the millennials in my district, who can’t afford a house, who can’t afford to…
The importance of neighborhoods and intergenerational economic inequality in the United States
Many neighborhoods and communities across the United States are shaped by pervasive economic inequality spanning multiple…
Opinion | What We See in the Shameful Trends on U.S. Maternal Health
Compared with its peers, the United States’ trajectory in maternal health has been shameful. Solving this…
Wage bargaining is an important, yet unavailable, tool for many U.S. workers to increase their incomes
Understanding the various ways in which wages are set in the U.S. economy is crucial to…
Opinion | Liberal Hypocrisy Is Fueling Inequality
It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are…
JOLTS Day Graphs: September 2021 Edition
Every month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases data on hiring, firing, and other labor…
Opinion | What ‘Structural Racism’ Really Means
Put differently, to the extent that Cox had a single problem with the caste analysis of…