In National Review, Kevin Hassett, the former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, asks Ed Conard to ... [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 ... [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 ... [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 ... [Read More]
CBS Sunday Morning Features “The Upside of Inequality”
“CBS Sunday Morning” feature on inequality, which includes Hitler, Marie Antoinette, beatings, starving paupers ... [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 ... [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 ... [Read More]
