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As part of a recent study on income disparities, Thomas Blanchet, Lucas Chancel, and Amory Gethin of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics found that the United States “stands out ...

The welfare state in the West is on the run. Right now in Washington, the White House and Congress are haggling over what to do with key entitlement programs like Medicare, which are key to supporting ...

“This is my grandson. He’s getting a PhD at Brandywine.” “Brandeis,” I corrected, smiling throughout my grandfather’s introduction of me to yet another of his many friends. A stroke and Parkinson’s ...

We’re entering an age of economic upheaval. Robots were already coming for workers’ jobs before the pandemic, and COVID hastened their arrival: To comply with public-health protocols while keeping ...

Charles Murray is the E.F. Hutton of social policy: when he talks, people listen. His 1984 classic Losing Ground is the authoritative statement about the perverse incentives and negative effects of ...

A lot of progressives are excited about Mitt Romney's proposed child allowance that would replace a number of existing anti-poverty programs. The Week's own Ryan Cooper describes it as a chance to ...