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Lisa D. Cook, et al.
describe the persistent challenges women face in the workplace, and how policymakers can accelerate progress towards gender equality.
Short CutJun 17, 2019Lisa D. Cook, et al.
describe the persistent challenges women face in the workplace, and how policymakers can accelerate progress towards gender equality.
Short CutNov 20, 2018Mira Rapp-Hooper
says that the challenges facing US foreign policy reflect forces that will long outlast the current administration.
Short CutOct 24, 2018PS editors
ask Nobel laureates Angus Deaton and Edmund Phelps, as well as Barry Eichengreen, Rana Foroohar, and Glenn Hubbard, whether what looks like a robust recovery is masking another crisis in the making.
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Even many of the wealthiest Americans would agree that the United States needs to overhaul its tax policies to restore a sense of social justice. But, notes Edoardo Campanella, Future of the World Fellow at IE University's Center for the Governance of Change, such reforms would not be enough to restart the engines of social mobility and promote greater equality of opportunity.
Higher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable. And insofar as raising the minimum would increase companies’ wage bill, it would create a stronger incentive to replace labor with capital, which could lay the foundation for renewed productivity growth.
