November 19, 2023
A discussion with Bill Gale on ways to reform the tax system to make it more progressive, and increase much-needed revenues.
October 1, 2023
A discussion with Diane Schanzenbach on the sources of the recent rise in poverty, the human consequences of living poor, and the role of public policy in poverty reduction.
June 30, 2024
A discussion with Jeff Fuhrer on why official U.S. poverty measures likely underestimate poverty, and how policies to alleviate poverty offer a win-win opportunity.
February 2, 2020
About 1.1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 25 years. Broad-based growth is the most important source of poverty reduction.
December 3, 2019
Randomized controlled trials are being used to improve education; increase access to healthcare; and reduce encounters with the criminal justice system, among others.
April 2, 2019
Over 9 million children lived below the poverty line in 2015. Evidence-based solutions could make a substantial difference in the rate of child poverty.
January 20, 2021
A focus on income poverty alone will overlook the precarious economic conditions related to low levels of wealth and their impact on children’s life chances.
February 5, 2021
More than 10 million U.S. children were officially poor before the pandemic. Spending in the range of 0.4-1.4% of GDP could dramatically reduce child poverty.
November 13, 2018
Tax policy and the social safety net play a role in mitigating inequality, but policy in these areas has not shifted to address the widening U.S. income gap.
May 10, 2018
Not only are disproportionate amounts of income accruing to the top end of the income distribution, it is also accruing disproportionately to a few race groups.
February 26, 2023
J. Bradford DeLong discusses why despite the material progress of the last 150 years, the utopia that people in earlier, more materially dire periods believed would come about, remains elusive.
November 16, 2020
Michael Klein, and Karen Dynan (Harvard) discuss wealth inequality, and the policies that can help address it. They also discuss the future of social security.
September 1, 2024
The U.S. bills itself as a land of opportunity, where socio-economic advancement depend on ability, and drive, rather than circumstances into which one is born. But is this characterization accurate?
January 25, 2021
Melissa Kearney (University of Maryland) joins Michael Klein to discuss the scope and causes of child poverty in the U.S,. and the policy efforts to alleviate it.
January 7, 2024
A discussion with Arline Geronimus on the consequences of chronic stress among black, and poor Americans, especially as it relates to maternal and infant health.
February 15, 2021
Lant Pritchett joins Michael Klein to discuss the causes of global poverty reduction.