I summarize my Top 10 NYT bestselling book, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class for the American Enterprise Institute with Steven Roberts. The book argues that today's knowledge-based economy is constrained by properly trained talent and the economy’s willingness to take risk, rather than labor or capital. I recommend recruiting ultra-high-skilled immigrants, restricting perennial trade deficits, and lowering corporate taxes. ... Read More
Dallas Morning News Q&A: How We Can Address Growing Wage Disparity with Ultra-High-Skilled Immigration
Ed Conard speaks with Jim Mitchell of the Dallas Morning News about his new book, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class. Jim Mitchell Dallas Morning News October 13, 2016 Former Bain Capital managing director Edward Conard says middle-class prosperity is taking it on the chin, but the concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent is not the reason. The problem is the entrepreneurs have moved to Silicon Valley, with few left behind to ... Read More
InsideSources Covers My AEI Book Talk: Why Income Inequality Might Actually Be A Good Thing
Connor Wolf of Inside Sources covered the American Enterprise Institute lecture for my new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class. Connor Wolf InsideSources October 11, 2016 Income inequality is rarely viewed as a positive but one expert argued Tuesday that it’s actually good for promoting innovation. Income inequality activists have fought to reduce the divide between rich and poor as much as possible. American Enterprise ... Read More
“The Upside of Inequality” Reaches #1 on New York Times Business Book List
My new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class reached #1 on the New York Times bestselling business book list this month. The National Review says Upside is “the Conservative answer to Thomas Piketty that you’ve all been waiting for.” Buy the book, write a review, or follow me on social media at www.EdwardConard.com/Action. ... Read More
“The Upside of Inequality” Reaches #8 on The New York Times Bestseller List!
My new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class reached #8 on the New York Times bestseller list this week. I summarize the book for Morning Joe, Maria Bartiromo, The New York Times and TIME Magazine. The National Review says Upside is “the Conservative answer to Thomas Piketty that you’ve all been waiting for.” Buy the book, write a review, or follow me on social media at www.EdwardConard.com/Action. ... Read More
My New Book “The Upside of Inequality” Is Out Today
My new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class (Portfolio/Penguin) is out today. Leading economists Greg Mankiw, Glenn Hubbard, Larry Lindsey, Tyler Cowen, & David Autor, have spoken highly of the book. Even Larry Summers admits it’s “a very valuable contribution” that will “sharpen your thinking on critical economic issues.” Buy a copy, write a review, or follow me at www.EdwardConard.com/Action ... Read More
The “Upside of Inequality” Tops Amazon’s Hot New Releases List
My new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class (Portfolio/Penguin) is out tomorrow. Buy a copy, write a review, or follow me at www.EdwardConard.com/Action ... Read More
