Income Inequality & Social Mobility

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As confirmed COVID-19 case counts soar with the country experiencing exponential growth, President Donald Trump continues to deny the Biden Transition team access to government funding and data. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, October 22, 2021

The Tanners Creek Generating Station, a former 1000 MW, coal-fired electrical plant, is being taken down along the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S., September 14, 2017. The plant was shut down in 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "SNYDER BARGES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Industrial decline and the rise of populists in Russia, the U.S., and Britain

Fiona Hill and David Dollar

Monday, October 11, 2021

There Is Nothing For You Here

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By Fiona Hill

2021

An essential delivery worker wearing personal protective equipment in Tribeca, New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

Couple planning retirement

How to make retirement income more accessible for all Americans

J. Mark Iwry, David C. John, and Bill Finan

Friday, August 6, 2021

People wait in line as Kentucky Labor Cabinet reopens 13 Regional Career Centers for in-person unemployment insurance services, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers

Annelies Goger and Fred Dews

Friday, July 30, 2021

a social network diagram

How social networks impact economic mobility

Camille Busette and Fred Dews

Friday, February 12, 2021

children in classroom wearing masks

Big ideas to redesign K-12 for the automation age

Hannah Van Drie, Ember Smith, and Marcus Casey

Monday, October 12, 2020

Police and members of the Sheriff's department hold a perimeter, during a protest after a Black man identified as Jacob Blake was shot several times by police last night, outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Maturen

How can we enhance police accountability in the United States?

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

A group of children sit on a couch in a replica set from the "Seinfeld" television comedy series as they tour Hulu's "Seinfeld: The Apartment", a temporary exhibit on West 14th street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, June 24, 2015. Created to celebrate the launch of all of the episodes of the "Seinfeld" television comedy series available streaming on Hulu beginning June 24, the exhibit contains a replica version of the Upper West Side NewYork City apartment set from the series, original items and interactive elements and is open to the public through June 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar

How cultural factors shape children’s social and economic outcomes

Ron Haskins, Melissa S. Kearney, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 24, 2020