With income inequality on the rise and the ongoing economic downturn, the causes, consequences, and politics of inequality are undergoing a fundamental transformation.
This pithy and engaging volume shows that economists may be better equipped to predict the future than science fiction writers.
The requirements for vocational education and training measures for trainees, employees and employers in the informal economy are complex.
Book abstract: Since the hit HBO show The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, it was viewed as much more than a typical police procedural.
Historically, urban growth required enough development to grow and transport significant agricultural surpluses or a government effective enough to build an empire.
The great transition from farm to city is filled with economic, social, and political promise. Cities are the product of a triad of forces.
Approximately 1-in-7 people and 1-in-4 children received benefits from the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in July 2011, both all-time highs.
Appearing a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Truly Disadvantaged, this article critically reflects on some of the more important research on the nature of concentrated p
My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered decent opportunity for the children of bankers and factory worke
This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses the response of major federal means-tested transfer programs.
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