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The Gaps in India’s Growth Story

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 GDP, growth, india, inequality, Raghuram Rajan

BY MALINI BOSE At the World Bank Spring Meetings this year, Raghuram Rajan, the head of India’s central bank christened

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The ancient Greek philosopher Plato argued that in order for a democratic society to function properly, the wealthiest members should never be more than five times as rich as its poorest. Yet, in modern America, CEOs and other elites can earn up to 600 times the wages of their lowest-paid employees. Responding to this disparity, a small but growing number of laborers are forgoing work in traditional businesses and investing in an alternative model: the worker cooperative.
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Worker Cooperatives: A Bipartisan Solution to America’s Growing Income Inequality

June 15, 2016November 15, 2017 inequality, workers rights

BY BENJAMIN GILLIES This piece appeared in our 2016 print journal. You can order your copy here. The ancient Greek philosopher

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Addressing Inequality through Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Detroit

May 11, 2016December 2, 2017 detroit, inequality, innovation, revitalization, urban

BY ANDREA BLINKHORN AND JONATHAN HUI Driving down Puritan Avenue in the Martin Park neighborhood in northwest Detroit, it’s hard

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Poverty is not a Culture: The weight of scarcity on American social mobility

September 8, 2014September 8, 2014 economic mobility, india, inequality, poverty, social policy, United States

BY BRIAN CHIGLINSKY, PANGYRUS This article is being published in collaboration with Pangyrus.   Sendhil Mullainathan had studied poverty for

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The Rise of a Narrative: Thomas Piketty at the Kennedy School

April 25, 2014April 25, 2014 American politics, budget, business, economics, finance, HKS Faculty, inequality, middle class, policy, reform, small business, social policy

  BY JOSH RUDOLPH The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are

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Jeb Bush on Education Reform in America

December 4, 2013December 3, 2013 American politics, blog, common core, education, florida, inequality, reform, social policy, United States

BY GOVERNOR JEB BUSH As adults, we are responsible for the educational success of our children. And as adults we

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America, Decoupled: Fighting the Trend

October 18, 2013October 19, 2013 American politics, blog, economics, finance, financial crisis, inequality, journalism, journalist, middle class, poverty, recession, social policy, United States

Note: This is part 2 of a 2 part series. Read Brian’s first post here. Photo credit: Michael S. Williamson (source here).

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