While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...
The U.S. economy is more dependent than ever on the lavish spending of the wealthiest, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. The top 10% of earners (households making $250,000 per year or more) ...
Lane Kenworthy’s Dec. 14 Ideas essay, “Almost everything you’ve heard about inequality is wrong,” offers a useful challenge to the popular belief that reducing income inequality is a cure-all for ...