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- The Economic Report – Week of Monday, August 1, 2022
MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022 Vast New Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich and Poor (Claire… Read More 
Read Former White House CEA Chairman Kevin Hassett’s Interview of Ed Conard in National Review
In National Review, Kevin Hassett, the former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, asks Ed Conard to defend conservative… Read More
My Oxford University Press Chapter, “The Economics of Inequality in High-Wage Economies,” Is Available Free Online
Oxford University Press has provided free online access to my chapter, “The Economics of Inequality in High-Wage Economies,” for a… Read More
Ed Conard Debates Poverty and Inequality at Susquehanna University
Ed Conard debunks myths about poverty and debates the ways U.S. policymakers can maximize middle and working- class incomes with… Read More
Ed Conard Discusses His Oxford University Chapter at Harvard’s Program on Constitutional Government
Ed Conard recently joined Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield to discuss his Oxford University Press chapter, “The Economics of Inequality in High-Wage… Read More
Praise for my Oxford University Press chapter, “The Economics of Inequality”
San Antonio Express columnist Michael Taylor praised my chapter, “The Economics of Inequality,” in Oxford University Press’ new “United States… Read More
My chapter, “The Economics of Inequality,” joins Saez, Burkhauser, and other distinguished economists in Oxford University Press’ new “United States Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality”
In my chapter, “Economics of Inequality in High-Wage Economies," I argue, “Inequality is mostly the result of an increasing premium… Read More
Official Stats Overstate Poverty by Measuring Before $1T in Government Spending on “Just the News”
Ed explains that official statistics overstate poverty by measuring it before $1 trillion of government spending. So employment gains appear… Read More
Waking Up to a Misleading Inequality Report on the Sunday Morning News
If these reporters had winning arguments, they wouldn’t resort to misleading their audiences. Last week, I was briefly featured in… Read More
CBS Sunday Morning Features “The Upside of Inequality”
“CBS Sunday Morning” feature on inequality, which includes Hitler, Marie Antoinette, beatings, starving paupers in coffins, Thomas Piketty, and poverty… Read More
Lies, Damned Lies, and Steve Rattner’s Statistics
Lies, Damned Lies, And Steve Rattner’s Statistics If liberal economists could win the economic debate with honest arguments, they would… Read More
Innovation Hubs Like New York Don’t “Deserve” Federal Bailouts
With the migration of America's talent to hubs of innovation, like New York, it's disingenuous to claim the hubs subsidize… Read More
Ed Conard Featured in CQ Researcher Report “Inequality in America: Can the Growing Wealth Gap Be Closed?”
CQ Researcher released its latest report “Inequality in America: Can the Growing Wealth Gap Be Closed?” featuring an interview with… Read More
Ben Shapiro Again Recommends Ed Conard’s NYT Bestselling Books
Ben Shapiro again recommended Ed Conard’s New York Times bestselling books, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the… Read More
Predicting How Coronovirus May Impact the Economy on Fox Business
Ed Conard joins Stu Varney to discuss the coronavirus’s potential impact on the U.S. and global economy on Fox Business’s… Read More
HIGHLIGHT
Ed Conard on Fox & Friends: Why Millions Still Support Trump
Ed Conard joins Brian Kilmeade to discuss his op-ed "What Trump Critics Still Don't Get About Him" on "Fox & Friends." Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Read More
Read My New Fox News Op-Ed: What Trump Critics Still Don’t Get About Him
Edward Conard Fox News January 31, 2018 Democrats wasted no time continuing their nonstop attacks on President Trump after his State of the Union address Tuesday. They insist Donald Trump… Read More
High-Skilled Immigration Only Viable Way to Finance Rising Entitlement Spending
Stanford Hoover Institute’s John Cogan shows that rising entitlement spending is the chief reason for runaway federal spending. His graph doesn’t show federal taxation, which has hovered around 17% of GDP since the end of… Read More
Upside of Inequality Highlights
The Upside of Inequality highlights: Read More
Carnegie’s Michael Pettis Praises The Upside of Inequality
Thanks, Michael Pettis, for praising my book The Upside of Inequality. "I finally got around to reading Ed's book, a little later than I said I would, but I have… Read More
Ed Conard Debates Grover Norquist on the Economics of the Republican Tax Plan
Ed Conard debates Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, on the economics of the Republican tax plan with Charles Payne on Fox Business News "Making Money." Read More
My New Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: America’s Got Talent, but Not Nearly Enough
In today's Wall Street Journal, I argue that high-skilled immigration is the only way America can meet the growing cost of retiring baby boomers without growth-killing tax increases that jeopardize America’s… Read More
Debating My Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Ed Conard debates his Wall Street Journal op-ed, "America's Got Talent, But Not Nearly Enough," with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezezinski on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”. Read More
More High-Skilled Immigration Good For Economy on Fox News Radio’s “Kilmeade & Friends”
Ed Conard joins Brian Kilmeade (the day of the solar eclipse) on Fox News Radio's "Kilmeade and Friends" to discuss why Trump is right to back skills-based immigration, but fewer green cards would… Read More
I Debate Austan Goolsbee on CNN: Does Trump Deserve Credit For Rising Stock Market?
Ed Conard debates Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, on whether President Trump has contributed to the rising stock market with Michael Smerconish on CNN's "Smerconish." Read More
Andy Puzder Reviews The Upside of Inequality
"Edward Conard’s The Upside of Inequality is one of those rare books. Conard refreshingly places the credit for economic prosperity where it belongs: On the willingness of innovators, entrepreneurs and… Read More
Trump’s First 100 Days, Bold Tax Cut Plan & More on Bloomberg TV’s “Daybreak Asia”
Ed Conard discusses President Trump's first 100 days, bold tax cut proposal, and more with Betty Liu on Bloomberg TV's "Daybreak Asia." Read More
The Case for a Border Tax on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
Ed Conard debates tax reform and trade policy with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Kernen, and Becky Quick on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Read More
Scott Winship Reviews “The Upside of Inequality” on Real Clear Politics
"Ed Conard’s voice is a much-needed injection of fresh thinking..." Scott Winship RealClearPolitics February 18, 2017 On the day Facebook went public in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg made $2.3 billion from… Read More
Commentary Magazine Reviews The Upside of Inequality
"The Upside of Inequality is a well-written, thought-provoking book. It will be invaluable to anyone who wants a clear-eyed look at the country’s economic problems and their possible solutions." John… Read More