My latest, up on the Atlantic’s website: It Wasn’t Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession. It was how that debt was disproportionately distributed to America’s most economically fragile communities. Read More: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/house-of-debt/371282/

My post this morning over at the (excellent!) blog, Girl with Pen: Some months ago, I had the opportunity to read the advance copy of Thomas Piketty’s new book Capital in the 21st Century. We’ve all heard a lot about the book since then—I’ve counted 700 pages of reviews (including my own). We’ve heard about […]