Inequality
When It Comes to Gender Imbalances, Academia’s Ignorance Is Self-Serving
The Ravina vs. Columbia case illustrates that challenging the status quo can be immensely costly. We economists should collectively think about how we can...
Is Lionizing CEOs Dangerous for Society?
In an interview with ProMarket, Open University's Peter Bloom talks about his provocative new book CEO Society and why he believes celebrating corporate CEOs...
Do Wages in High-Earning Sectors Always Reflect Skills?
Did the soaring wages in finance go in hand with a better selection of talented individuals into the sector? The evidence suggests no.
In the...
How US Voters React to Immigration in the Voting Booth May Depend on Both Immigrants’ and Native Residents’ Skill Levels
A new working paper has revealed two strikingly divergent correlations between increases in high-skilled and low-skilled immigration and change in Republican vote share since...
Gabriel Zucman: “Some People in Economics Feel That Talking About Inequality Is Not What Economists Should Be Doing"
The rising scholar of taxation and inequality talks to ProMarket about the problems excessive economic power poses for open political systems, how states can...
Education Quality Has Less to Do with Adult Outcomes Than You Might Think
A new paper assesses the contributions of education and labor markets to differences across regional labor markets in the United States and finds that differences in access to...
Excessive Zoning Makes Us Poorer and More Unequal
We normally think of income inequality as a function of differences in class or socioeconomic status. But much more than generally realized, geographic differences...
Why Democracy Fails to Reduce Inequality: Blame the Brahmin Left
A new paper by Thomas Piketty finds that major parties on both sides of the political spectrum have been captured by elites and warns...
Investing in Quality Early Childcare Is Good for Vulnerable Kids—and Good Economics, Too

Early childcare can be a major contributor to eliminating inequality of opportunity and even lay the foundations for a more productive workforce in the...
How India’s Bridal Dowry Tradition Leads to Missing Women
In a famous essay published in 1990 the economist Amartya Sen explored the drivers of the global sex ratio imbalance, what he called the...
