Consumed by Capitalism

Past Event

Beyond Welfare Reform: Next Steps for Combating Poverty in the U.S.

Thursday, May 17, 2001
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

The Decline of the Underclass

Isabel V. Sawhill and Paul A. Jargowsky, Brookings Institution, January 01, 2006

Past Event

Measuring Child Well-being: Reducing Risky Behavior

Wednesday, March 30, 2005
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Past Event

Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

Wednesday, February 09, 2005
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Does Inequality Matter to Individual Welfare? An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys from Latin America

Carol Graham and Andrew Felton, CSED Working Paper # 38, January 01, 2005

Research and Commentary

An American Tragedy: The legacy of slavery lingers in our cities' ghettos

Glenn C. Loury, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 1998

Research and Commentary

The Rise Of the Bottom Fifth: How to Build on the Gains Of Welfare Reform

Ron Haskins, The Washington Post, May 29, 2007

Research and Commentary

Event Summary: Informing Policy Choices Using the Economics of Happiness

The Brookings Institution, June 03, 2004

Research and Commentary

Federal Policy for Immigrant Children: Room for Common Ground?

Mark Greenberg, Ron Haskins and Shawn Fremstad, Future of Children Policy Brief, June 01, 2004

Research and Commentary

Economic Crisis, Markets, and Democracy in Latin America: Some Evidence From the Economics of Happiness

Carol Graham and Sandip Sukhtankar, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

For Richer or for Poorer: Marriage as an Antipoverty Strategy

Adam Thomas and Isabel V. Sawhill, Wiley Interscience, October 08, 2002

Research and Commentary

Many Strategies, One Goal: Helping the Americans Left Behind

Isabel V. Sawhill, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

Growing American Inequality: Sources and Remedies

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution, December 01, 1999

Research and Commentary

Winners and Losers: The Era of Inequality Continues

Deborah Reed and Sheldon Danziger, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1999

Research and Commentary

Squeezed for Time? American Inequality and the Shortage of Leisure

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1999

Research and Commentary

From Welfare to Work: Toward a New Antipoverty Agenda

Isabel V. Sawhill, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1999

Research and Commentary

Poverty 101: What Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn from Each Other

David Kuo, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1997

Research and Commentary

Worsening American Income: Inequality: Is world trade to blame?

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 1996

Expert

Isabel V. Sawhill

Expert

Ron Haskins