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The Equitable Economy

Income Inequality

The Lousy Job Economy: Young People Bear the Brunt of a Long-Term Decline in American Job Quality

David R. Howell
A new study finds a steady decline in the quality of American jobs between 1979 to 2017, even as GDP has grown. This decline...
Income Inequality

Fighting Poverty With Field Experiments: the Nobel Laureates' Revolution

Vincent Pons
As a student, Harvard Business School professor Vincent Pons decided to become an economist after a project in Morocco with Esther Duflo. The co-recipient...
Commentary

Esther Duflo: How to Find the Right Questions

Esther Duflo
In this piece, originally published in 2011 by the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Esther Duflo, co-recipient of...
Academic Capture

Economics’ Lack of Interest in Gender Proves: the “Dismal Science” Really Is Dismal

Renée Adams
Economists are still in the dark about the role of gender. For economics to be credible, we have to recognize that our knowledge is...
Academic Capture

Uber and the Sherlock Holmes Principle: How Control of Data Can Lead to Biased Academic Research

Luigi Zingales
How can we ensure that academic journals do not become an unintended instrument in the PR efforts of powerful firms? Luigi Zingales offers some...
Income Inequality

“Avoiding Plutocracy Would Require a Political Change”: Branko Milanovic on the Future of Capitalism

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, CUNY Graduate Center economist Branko Milanovic discussed the differences and similarities between US-style and China-style capitalism and explained why,...
Income Inequality

How a Simple Tweak to a Federal Form Could Help Borrowers Potentially Avoid Defaulting on Student Loans

Constantine Yannelis
A federal program seeks to help borrowers avoid defaulting on their student loans through income-based repayment plans, but many eligible borrowers do not enroll....
Antitrust and Competition

The Counterfeit Capitalism of WeWork: Predatory Pricing as a Business Model

Matt Stoller
The company failed to go public and its founder, Adam Neumann, had to step down. This is good news: ordinary investors refused to put...
Commentary

With the US and China, Two Types of Capitalism Are Competing With Each Other

Branko Milanovic
Capitalism’s global victory has been achieved through two different types of capitalist systems: the liberal meritocratic capitalism that has developed incrementally in the West,...
Antitrust and Competition

Hospital Mergers: The Forgotten Problem of American Health Care

Stefano Feltri
In the US, there are more than 100 hospital mergers every year. This increasing concentration does not lead to the promised savings, nor to...
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