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The great debate over inequality's rise continues. At the blog, I summarize a Piketty, Saez, and Zucman response to an important critique of their work. They make a convincing case that inequality after taxes has, in fact, probably risen.

I don't know why George RR Martin takes so long to write his books, but I'll give you an example of why *I* am so slow. Lemme tell you how I just finished an entire day of work wanting to bang my head against the desk. (AI-made "portrait" of GRRM—so bad, but love the 3 legs.) 🧵

At the blog I wrote about a new paper by Parolin, Lehrner, and Wilmers (link in next post) We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!

At the blog (link follows) I focus on a few recent articles by the one and only Deirdre Bloome. One of them: be careful about interpreting trends in absolute mobility (the % of people who outearn their parents). This measure tends to privilege trends of higher income kids.

This looks very exciting.

To my surprise, my book is on sale for just $3.99 on Kindle! With big endowments under fire and elite universities fighting for their lives, the book tells part of the story for how we got here. amazon.com/Bankers-Ivory-…

In our #EGEssaySeries, Erin Kelly of MIT IWER MIT Sloan School of Management examines the job quality crisis and how improving conditions reinforces workers' well-being. She also shows how this crisis is linked to right-wing populism and offers solutions to address it. 🔗: equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-q…

Over at the blog, I write about a few interesting articles about place (link in next post). Features of place matter for suicide rates. Features of place are really changing.

It's great to see Jennifer Karas Montez important work highlighted in this article Neat framing - focuses on three adjacent counties in three states. Policy variation --> health outcomes. washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

New at JPAM: What can state governments do to reduce child poverty? I propose a Targeted Child Tax Credit – a fully-refundable CTC funded mostly through TANF that reduces child poverty with a low overall cost, no benefit cliffs & high spending efficiency.🧵onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…