Social Mobility Confusion: The Battle for the American Dream
This article was originally published in DoorsTrust. In his 1931 book, The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams coined one of the most enduring definitions of the American Dream, asserting that it “is that dream of a land in which life should be better and...
Do Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility Have a lot in Common? Not Really.
This article was originally published in MerionWest. Image via Earth Trekkers. “Despite the stellar success of ordinary people lifting themselves out of poverty through production and access to a stable market, the income inequality narrative has come to dominate...
Racial Disparities and the High Cost of Low Debates
This article originally appeared in Quillette. Photo by Frank Steele, www.flickr.com/photos/frank_steele/14952790776/. Ideological intolerance in academia and the media has dramatically narrowed the range of ‘acceptable’ ideas, beliefs, and even...
Reviving the American Dream is Going to Require Licensing Reform
By Brian Meehan and Edward Timmons — April 19, 2018 This article was originally published in The Hill. Photo by Sunghwan Yoon, cropped, CC BY-SA 2.0. Income inequality has become a prominent issue and a major political talking point. How...
