Income Inequality & Social Mobility

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U.S. Economy

Capitalism vs. socialism is the wrong way to frame today’s economic debate

Richard V. Reeves and Ryan Streeter

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

An automated guided vehicle carrying a battery pack moves under a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC16181E9F00

Up Front

Automation, work and skills

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Thursday, November 7, 2019

A man walks on a street between buildings at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2015. The Bank of Japan maintained its current pace of monetary stimulus on Thursday, clinging to hopes that an economic recovery is in sight despite soft domestic capital expenditure and challenging global business conditions. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - GF20000065409

Up Front

American optimism, longevity, and the role of lost hope in deaths of despair

Thursday, November 7, 2019

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Technology & Innovation

Gender, occupational segregation, and automation

Patricia Cortes and Jessica Pan

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Reports

Librarian Bertrand Bobis (L) teaches a senior citizen how to use a Facebook account during a class at a branch of the New York Public Library in New York August 13, 2012. Seniors, some in their 90s, could soon be making new friends on Facebook thanks to New York libraries offering classes to help the elderly learn, or brush up their social network skills. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) - GM2E88E0HDJ01

Technology & Innovation

Employment and training for mature adults

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Jacob Bailey conducts assembly on an SUV chassis at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas June 9, 2015. General Motors Co is raising the stakes on its bet that sales of fuel-thirsty sport utility vehicles will keep driving its global profits as Chinese and other markets sag. GM said on July 14, 2015 that it plans to spend $1.4 billion to modernize the factory in Arlington, Texas, that builds the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon sport utility vehicles. It's the largest single investment in a $5.4 billion, three-year plant upgrade program announced earlier this year. Picture taken June 9, 2015. To match Insight GM-SUVS/ REUTERS/Mike Stone - GF10000166170

Technology & Innovation

How automation and other forms of IT affect the middle class

Nir Jaimovich and Henry E. Siu

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Low-wage workforce

Workforce Development

Meet the low-wage workforce

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

November 7, 2019

Row of houses

Housing Markets & Finance

Is zoning a useful tool or a regulatory barrier?

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Students walk through the campus of Temple University, which has an enrollment of more than a 38,000 and offers 464 academic degree programs, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 1, 2016. To match Special Report COLLEGE-CHARITIES/ REUTERS/Mark Makela - TM3ECC1196W01

Higher Education

Predicting the impact of college subsidy programs on college enrollment

Matt Kasman and Katherine Guyot

Monday, October 21, 2019

Blog Posts

Librarian Josh Soule turns on computers in preparation to teach senior citizens how to set up and use a Facebook account during a class at a branch of the New York Public Library in New York August 13, 2012. Seniors, some in their 90s, could soon be making new friends on Facebook thanks to New York libraries offering classes to help the elderly learn, or brush up their social network skills. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) - GM2E88E0HHA01

Up Front

Comments on “Employment and training for mature adults: The current system and moving forward” by Paul Osterman

Thursday, November 7, 2019

An Electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, is seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC1220B68860

Up Front

Comments on “How automation and other forms of IT affect the middle class: Assessing the estimates” by Jaimovich and Siu

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, November 7, 2019

A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, August 21, 2012. President Barack Obama said on Monday the U.S. housing market was "beginning to tick up" but was still not where it needs to be. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) - GM1E88M0DXE01

Up Front

Workforce housing and middle-income housing subsidies: A primer

Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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Events

Productivity slowdown and wage stagnation: Causes and policy implications

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Building Opportunity For All – Philadelphia

8:50 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The forgotten Americans: An economic agenda for a divided nation

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Isabel V. Sawhill

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Multimedia

General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S., September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC122F87C370

Podcast Episode

What does the GM auto workers’ strike tell us about the strength of unions?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 25, 2019

Apartment buildings are shown in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1DE752AF80

Up Front

Tackling zoning to help the middle class: 5 policy approaches

Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1AFE17D7B0

Up Front

Joe Biden’s ideas to help the middle class

Ashley Schobert and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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