How Well Do Teen Test Scores Predict Adult Income?
The short answer is, pretty well. But that’s not really the point.
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Geography of Income Equality and Gentrification
In a truly global market, the price of real estate doesn't necessarily reflect the ability of those living in the area to afford it.
Why Is Brooklyn Dying?
The borough has experienced a drop in average per capita income, but there's a good reason for that.
In Cleveland, Income Growth Without Population Growth
Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.
Pollution’s Racial Divides
When it comes to the injustice of air pollution, the divide between blacks and whites is greater than the gap between the rich and the poor.
Chicago’s Disappearing Middle Class
An animation using Census data makes clear how family income has changed in America's Second City over 40-plus years.
The Not-So-Surprising Way Your Parents’ Income Predicts Yours
Just as you suspected, there’s a reason inequality is structural and self-perpetuating. But you might be shocked by just how few of the most well-off individuals are able to out-earn the generation before them. It isn’t the one percent we should be focusing on, but the 0.1 percent.
Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Embracing a system based on maximizing the returns to private owners of capital is a mistake for the great majority of working people.
The Dead Are Wealthier Than the Living: Capital in the 21st Century
Patrimonial capitalism—and the landed or urban gentry living off of inherited wealth—was dealt a mortal blow by the Great Depression and World Wars. But it's making a comeback, and the only way to stop it might be a worldwide tax on capital.
How Do You Make a Living, Creative Person?
Welcome to a new series in which we talk to creative people—artists, artisans, musicians, authors, entertainers—about making a living. Email us if you'd like to participate. First up: Jeff Deegan.