Edward Conard

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  • “…a very valuable contribution.” - Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury and director of the National Economic Council, president emeritus, Harvard University
Upside of Inequality Unintended Consequences Oxford

Ed Conard in The New York Times: Where Piketty & Saez’s New Research Falls Short

Upon the arrival of Piketty and Saez’s updated inequality study reported, I explain why working class wages growth remains slow in the New York Times. It’s unfortunate that the outsized success of the most successful Americans is blamed for the slow growth of lesser-skilled workers, as if the economy were a pie to be divided. The outsized success of the most successful Americans increases the demand for lesser-skilled labor. Factors independent of the growing success ... Read More

A Trade Policy That Wouldn’t Leave Low-Wage Workers Behind

Edward Conard National Review December 5, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump has shown Republicans how to forge a new electoral college majority by energizing blue-collar voters. His victory, with its demands to restrict trade and immigration, also marks the end of free-market advocates’ control over the Republican party. But there is a way that these advocates might find common ground with blue-collar Republicans to accelerate wage growth, better fund looming ... Read More