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The mystery of economic growth 21 Aug 2013 | 08:04 am
Well-known economist in 1994: “There are many economic puzzles, but there are only two really great mysteries. One of these mysteries is why economic growth takes place at different rates over time an...
The prison problem 14 Aug 2013 | 08:11 am
What alternatives to prison might better improve public safety? And what services might most effectively help the formerly incarcerated lead productive lives? This piece and this proposal are worth a ...
Verify 23 Jul 2013 | 08:34 pm
Andrew Gelman: Overall, I’d say that, if anything, social scientists perhaps don’t spend enough time re-confirming the definitive statements. There’s a real push toward novelty, to the extent that ma...
Five links 15 Jul 2013 | 08:35 pm
Elise Gould, Hilary Wething, Natalie Sabadish, and Nicholas Finio, “What Families Need to Get By,” Economic Policy Institute Michael Greenstone, Adam Looney, Jeremy Patashnik, and Muxin Yu, “Thirteen...
America’s future early education system 20 May 2013 | 08:50 am
At some point, the United States is likely to have universal publicly-funded early education for children aged one to four. But while we led the way in establishing universal elementary and secondary ...
The good society 4 May 2013 | 04:02 am
Lecture slides for my “The Good Society” course this spring are posted here. The topics: What should we seek? Economic security Opportunity Shared prosperity I Shared prosperity II Shared prosperity I...
Can we get wages rising? 18 Apr 2013 | 11:10 pm
In the United States, wages for people in middle-paying jobs and below have been flat for more than three decades. This has gone on for so long now that we should see it as the new normal, rather than...
How to achieve shared prosperity even if wages aren’t rising 13 Apr 2013 | 08:07 pm
See here. This is a framing essay I prepared for a conference on progressive governance organized by Policy Network and Global Progress. The full set of conference essays is here.
Slides 8 Feb 2013 | 07:23 pm
Posted here are slides from talks I’ve given in the past few months on … America’s opportunity gap America’s struggling lower half Social democratic America Social policy Macrocomparative research
FISS 2013 conference in Stockholm 22 Jan 2013 | 10:05 pm
For those interested, the 2013 conference of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) is June 13-15 in Stockholm. Details are here.
