Value Added – A blog

Our blog is the place where our staff and guest bloggers present clear, fact-based posts that make the connections between economic inequality and growth for the broad policy community and journalists based on the latest academic research.

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Just how tight is the U.S. labor market?

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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JOLTS Day Graphs: August 2017 Report Edition

Labor
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Should-Read: Justin Fox: Nobel Winner Richard Thaler’s Savvy, Calculating Insurrection

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Should-Read: Michael Strain: Republicans, It’s Way Past Time for a Real Tax Plan – Bloomberg

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Should-Read: Paul Krugman: Rationality and Rabbit Holes

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Why, despite post-racial rhetoric, do racial health disparities increase at higher income levels?

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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The forces behind the highly unequal U.S. wealth distribution

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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Should-Read: Paul Krugman: Why Do You Care How Much Other People Work? Revisited

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Must-Read: Noah Smith: Defending Thaler from the guerrilla resistance