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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
- 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 
Joe Scarborough and Ed Conard Debate Pres. Trump’s Immigration Plan on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Joe Scarborough and I debate President Trump’s new immigration plan and its emphasis on high-skilled immigration to produce economic growth… Read More
My new National Review op-ed explains why CBO expects the tax cut to pay for itself
Is the tax cut expected to pay for itself? Yes — if we use the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast and… Read More
Read My USA Today Op-Ed: “Tax Cut Law Helps Future Generations”
Tax Cut Law Helps Future Generations A one-time increase in gross domestic product that generations can enjoy for years to… Read More
My Op-ed Today’s WSJ: Is the Tax Cut Paying For Itself? By a Mile.
Tax Reform Is Covering Its Costs Faster growth is on track to outpace debt in the next decade. Is the… Read More
Read My New National Review Op-Ed: “Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About 70% Tax Rates”
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About 70% Tax Rates Their only justification is to confiscate others’ money. My op-ed in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal argued… Read More- Read My New Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: “The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates”
The Crippling Cost of 70% Tax Rates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal would smother investment and innovation, leaving America poorer. Newly… Read More 
Read My New National Review Op-Ed: Free-Market Republicans Risk Irrelevance by Ignoring the Concerns of Blue-Collar Voters
Free-market Republicans must recognize they can’t build a winning coalition without the president’s supporters. In our two-party democracy, agendas without… Read More
Debating Inequality, Innovation, and High-Skilled Immigration on “Conversations with Bill Kristol”
Bill Kristol and I debate income inequality, innovation, and why only high-skilled immigration can grow the American economy fast enough… Read More