"The Upside of Inequality is a well-written, thought-provoking book. It will be invaluable to anyone who wants a clear-eyed look at the country’s economic problems and their possible solutions." John Steele Gordon Commentary Magazine January 15, 2017 Liberals are always finding crises that must be addressed immediately through government action. A couple of years ago they declared a civil-rights jihad on behalf of the transgendered, a group so few in number ... Read More
Manhattan Institute Debate: How Free Enterprise Advocates Can Regain Control of the Republican Party
Ed Conard joined the Manhattan Institute for an in-depth discussion, hosted by Howard Husock, on how advocates of free enterprise can regain control of the Republican party. Conard goes on to summarize his Top 10 NYT bestselling book, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class which lays out a blueprint for growing middle-and-working class wages in an economy where we have a near unlimited supply of unskilled labor. ... Read More
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
The Economics Detective Investigates The Upside of Inequality
Ed Conard sits down with Garrett Petersen of The Economics Detective Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about inequality, immigration, entrepreneurship and his new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class. ... Read More
Washington Free Beacon: Ed Conard’s Proposal For The Next Republican Agenda
Matthew Continetti Washington Free Beacon November 4, 2016 One of the most important speeches of the 2016 election was delivered in Utah in June to an audience of ultra-rich Republicans that included Mitt Romney. The speaker was Edward Conard, who joined Bain Capital after graduating from Harvard Business School in 1982 and worked in private equity for twenty-five years before retiring to become, of all things, a pundit. Conard thrives in debate. His first book, ... Read More
A Far Ranging Interview on Economics & Inequality on Liberty Watch Radio
Ed Conard discusses economics, inequality, and his new book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class with Charles Heller on Liberty Watch Radio. ... 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
