An Economic Platform for US Democrats
When American voters head to the polls for congressional midterm elections in November, their choices seem likely to be guided more by “pocketbook issues” than by foreign affairs or President Donald T
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Jobless Poverty: A New Form of Social Dislocation in the Inner-City Ghetto
This chapter describes a new type of poverty in nation's metropolises: poor, segregated neighborhoods in which a majority of adults are either unemployed or have dropped out of the labor force altoget
Family Background and Income in Adulthood, 1961–1999
Most Americans endorse the ideal of equal opportunity, and many interpret this ideal as requiring that children from different backgrounds have an equal chance of achieving economic success.
Saving the Heartland: Place-Based Policies in 21st Century America
America’s regional disparities are large and regional convergence has declined if not disappeared. This wildly uneven economic landscape calls for a new look at spatially targeted policies.
Exponential Innovation and Human Rights: Implications for Science and Technology Diplomacy
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options for improving its well-being.
Cities on a Hill?
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of policy innovation and democratic deepening.
African Regional Economic Integration: The Emergence, Evolution, and Impact of Institutional Innovation
The power of Pan-Africanism as a guiding vision for the continent’s development is widely studied, mostly as an aspirational phenomenon.
Restoring the American Dream: What Would It Take to Dramatically Increase Mobility from Poverty?
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and staffed and supported by the Urban Institute, the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty was tasked with answering one big, bold question: What W
Lessons from Immigration Economics
Like trade, immigration produces both winners and losers.
Teacher Math Anxiety Relates to Adolescent Students' Math Achievement
Elementary school teachers’ math anxiety has been found to play a role in their students’ math achievement.
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