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Scott Winship blogs at The Empiricist Strikes Back.

Stiglitz’s Inflated Income Gap

Scott Winship wrote on April 11th, 2011 at 7:01 am

Economist Joseph Stiglitz’s recent Vanity Fair essay on income inequality has garnered much attention. But do his numbers hold up to scrutiny? more

39 Comments Topics: economy, income inequality, wealth

Are American Workers in a Great Stagnation?

Scott Winship wrote on March 29th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

A new think tank analysis claims to show that the earnings of American male workers have declined by 28% since 1969. But do the numbers hold up? more

14 Comments Topics: economy, employment, income, wealth

Income Inequality: It’s a Global Thing

Scott Winship wrote on March 11th, 2011 at 2:25 pm

For all the concern over income inequality, is America’s experience really that different than the rest of the modern world? more

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How Obama Misread His Mandate

Scott Winship wrote on October 13th, 2010 at 3:41 pm

After Obama won the presidency, liberals thought they had a mandate. The electorate thought otherwise. more

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Measuring Income Inequality

Scott Winship wrote on September 29th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Will Wilkinson recently argued for different price indexes for rich and poor to better measure inequality. But can we really compare buying hot dogs to caviar? more

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Overstating Income Inequality

Scott Winship wrote on September 21st, 2010 at 10:48 am

A new book “Winner-Take-All Politics” draws attention to the issue of income inequality. But is the problem as bad as the authors claim? more

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Stop Punking the Middle Class

Scott Winship wrote on August 19th, 2010 at 11:46 pm

Pushing the claim that the middle class is in “crisis” only stalls the recovery and diverts attention from the disadvantaged groups really hurting in this economy. more

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Do Americans Still Think Their Kids Will Be Better Off?

Scott Winship wrote on August 8th, 2010 at 11:36 am

Americans have always tended to be optimistic about their children’s future. But in the midst of our current, long recession, does that still hold? more