I just stumbled across this piece by Jonathan Rauch at NationalJournal.com: Inequality and Its Perils. He points to evidence that we’ve been digging into at CAP about the relationship between inequality and growth. What I thought was especially interesting is the growing sense that this is a new field of inquiry in economics: “The debate for […]
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Here’s my column on today’s jobs numbers. Not impressive.
This week, we released a new paper that has a “Dozen Policies to Promote Economic Security for Women and Their Families“. Would love to hear what you think!
I’ll be in London tonight (sweet!) speaking to Democrats about the U.S. economy and what it means that women are the new breadwinners. Thanks to the fantastic folks at DAUK (Susan!) for putting this together! DAUK Speaker, London: A Conversation with Heather Boushey | Democrats Abroad UK – Policy Action Networks. University Women’s Club, 2 […]
A number of years ago, I was at a meeting in Washington, with a group of lawyers and lobbyists. We were discussing economic issues and the talk turned to Social Security. One well-shoed lawyer suggested we solve our problems by eliminating the cap on Social Security taxes. The way she saw it, at summer’s end, […]
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