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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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Must- and Should-Reads: April 12, 2017

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A new way to look at how U.S. firms affect their workers’ pay now and in the future

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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There Is an Old Joke About Economists, Keys, and Lampposts That Comes to Mind Here…

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Should-Read: Noah Smith: Keynesian Economics Is Hot Again

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Should-Read: David L. Ikenberry, Richard L. Shockley, and Kent L. Womack (1998): Why Active Fund Managers Often Underperform the S&P 500: The Impact of Size and Skewness

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JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2017 Report Edition

Labor
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Must-Read: Pedro Nicolaci da Costa: Lacker’s resignation raises big question about the real Fed leaker

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How corporate profit-shifting distorts the measurement of U.S. productivity

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Must-Read: Christina Starmans, Mark Sheskin, and Paul Bloom: Why People Prefer Unequal Societies