In a recent speech reprinted in the Wall Street Journal, University of Pennsylvania law school professor Amy Wax discusses the importance of “logic, evidence, facts and substantive arguments” when debating public policy: The proper response [to opposing opinions is] to engage in reasoned debate—to attempt to explain, using logic, evidence, facts and substantive arguments, why those opinions are wrong. This kind of civil discourse is obviously important at law schools ... Read More
AEI Debate on “The Upside of Inequality”
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
“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
Greg Mankiw Recommends My New Book “The Upside of Inequality”
Greg Mankiw recommends my new book, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class (Portfolio/Penguin). In a knowledge-based innovation-driven economy 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, containing perennial trade imbalances, and lowering taxes on exporters. Pre-order a copy here. ... Read More
My New Book, “The Upside of Inequality,” Is Here!
Copies of my soon-to-be-released new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class arrived today (Penguin, Sept. 13, 2016) and are available for preordered here. In The Upside of Inequality, I argue that if we ignore the true causes of growing income inequality—an abundance of unskilled labor in an economy constrained by properly trained talent and its willingness to take risk—and blame high wage-earners, it will lead to policies that ... Read More
Study Finds Only Intensive Tutoring Improves Charter School Test Scores
A carefully considered study of 113 lottery-based charter schools in the Journal of Economic Perspectives finds “intensive tutoring” is the only charter school practice that producing higher test scores. The study reports: "There is wide variation in impact estimates. To glean what drives this variation, we link these effects to school practices, inputs, and characteristics of fallback schools. In line with the earlier literature, we find that schools that adopt an ... Read More
