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Income Inequality and Income Mobility: New Evidence from OECD Nations

Some economists argue that income inequality suggests intra-generational mobility in society. This column provides comprehensive evidence across a large number of advanced economies on the importance of intra-generational mobility and its relationship with earnings inequality. The findings do not support the belief that higher earnings inequality necessarily goes hand-in-hand with greater mobility over the working life. Higher inequalities are not systematically compensated by higher mobility opportunities.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values on March 21, 2016 by Lambert Strether.

The Refugee Crisis: A European Call for Action

A proposal for how to overcome the lack of consensus in Europe over the refugee crisis.

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values on March 19, 2016 by Yves Smith.

GAO Report Debunks Fair Value Accounting, Protecting Students and Homeowners

By David Dayen, a freelance writer (Salon, The Intercept, The New Republic, etc.) and author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud, which releases May 17, 2016 (available for pre-order now). Follow him on Twitter @ddayen. A couple of weeks ago, the Government Accountability Office saved the country’s […]

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, Student loans, The dismal science on March 15, 2016 by David Dayen.

How the Cutthroat Walmart Business Model Is Reshaping American Public Education

Walmart has played a huge role in promoting and funding the charter school movement and plans to expand much further.

Hoisted From Comments: American Education, Then and Now

A query to readers with children in or who have very recently graduated from public school: has education stagnated, as experts suggest, or is it getting worse?

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Income disparity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class on March 13, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Gaius Publius: The Goal of the Neo-Liberal Consensus Is to Manage the Decline

Neoliberals want ordinary people to accept that their standard of living will decline. It’s not hard to see whose interest that story promotes.

Social Security Privatizer Larry Fink of Giant Asset Manager BlackRock is a Clinton Treasury Secretary in Waiting

Social Security enemy Larry Fink appears to have troublingly high odds of becoming the Clinton Treasury Secretary nominee.

National Poll Finds Bipartisan Suport for Serious Regulation of Charter Schools

The public is dissatisfied with charter schools and wants curbs put on them.

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values on March 3, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Clinton Announces When She Will Disclose Her Healthcare Insurance Improvement Plan: She’ll Announce It Just as Soon as the Republican Presidential Candidates Tell Us Theirs

Clinton offers no details on her healthcare insurance scheme while her allies attack Sanders plan, often with easily debunked arguments.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Social policy, Taxes on March 2, 2016 by Yves Smith.

James Galbraith: The Friedman v. Romers Growth Debate on the Sanders Plan – A Summing Up

How the real point of contention between Friedman and the Romers over the Sanders plan has been misconstrued.

This entry was posted in Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Infrastructure, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Taxes on February 29, 2016 by Yves Smith.

Merkel Channels Varoufakis: “No Plan B,” in This Case, on Migrants

Is Angela Merkel’s “Plan B” remark a Freudian slip, a recognition that like Varoufakis, she’s alienated so many people that she can no longer cinch a deal?

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 29, 2016 by Yves Smith.

The Ogre & the Cog: A Tale of Modern Misallocation

The tale of the ogre and the cog endeavors to explain why modern capitalist machinery isn’t working the way it is supposed to. The open question is whether this is inevitable.

Black Lives Matter Activist Confronts Clinton About Racially Charged “Superpredator” Statement Because the Corporate Media Won’t

When confronted by Black Lives Matter, Sanders gave them the mike. By contrast, Clinton started temporizing and had them removed.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 26, 2016 by Yves Smith.

A Clinton Presidency Has Been/Would Be a Disaster for Black and Brown Communities. Here’s Why.

Hillary Clinton supported policies that devastated black communities, as well as using racist code words to attract Southern whites.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 25, 2016 by Yves Smith.

San Francisco: “Baghdad by the Bay” for People of Color

Racism is alive and well in the San Francisco police force.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on February 24, 2016 by Yves Smith.

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