The 2010s: Billionaires’ Decade – What Next?
The 2010s are coming to a close. Reviewing the decade, what can we say about the future? A tech person will look at technological progress (stunning). A sociologist will look at cultural diversity (explosive). My take (disclosure: I’m an economist)
The American Dream is Dead, Long Live the American Dream!
Book Reviews: Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, by Noam Chomsky, published by Seven Stories Press (March 2017); The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy by Peter Temin,
Global Income Inequality Will Decline
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS BY PAOLO MAURO, SENIOR FELLOW AT THE PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTENATIONAL ECONOMICS (PIIE). THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Over the next two decades the