There’s been a lot of attention paid recently to the issue of “campus sexual assaults” and some of the media including Katie Couric, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and MSNBC, along with Sen. Barbara Boxer have all referred to … read more
From “The Happiness Trade-Off between Unemployment and Inflation” by David Blanchflower, David Bell, Alberto Montagnoli, and Mirko Maro Unemployment and inflation lower well-being. The macroeconomist Arthur Okun characterized the negative effects of unemployment and inflation by the misery index—the sum of … read more
Bard College economist Pavlina Tcherneva has cooked up a frightening and much-shared income-inequality chart (see above) — “the most important chart about the American economy you’ll see this year,” according to Vox — that seems to confirm the worst: America has become a winner-take-everything society. read more
On Friday, I participated in “Tweet the Press” with NBC’s Chuck Todd to discuss the controversy surrounding the content of the AP US History curriculum. It was tough to discuss in 140 characters, so given that I have a few more words here, I’d like to go into depth on a couple of topics. read more
