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30 Oct 2014, 9:00 pm
Economic inequality has emerged over the last few years as a matter of serious concern in the United States and elsewhere. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 9:02 am
"Academic Hubris and the Puzzling Case of Judge Posner": Neil H. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm
Despite the extreme increase in partisanship that has gripped the nation for the past four years, there are some questions on which many Democrats actually agree with Republicans. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm
Back in June, a California superior court judge declared that a group of state laws governing the employment of public school teachers is unconstitutional. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm
Last week, a minor national debate erupted regarding the etiquette of reclining one’s seat while flying in the economy section of an airplane. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 9:01 pm
The 2014 American college football season will kick off this weekend. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 1:45 am
Neil H. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 9:01 pm
Within the last few weeks, the world of college sports has been rocked by two major developments, one internal and one external. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm
This week, the Trustees of the Social Security Administration issued their annual report on the state of Social Security’s finances. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 2:00 am
More reviews of Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics), Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Harvard University Press, 2014): Neil H. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Hobby Lobby case continues to reverberate in legal and political circles, with seemingly every angle of the majority’s bizarre decision being scrutinized, defended, and ridiculed. [read post]
8 Jul 2014, 3:30 am
Neil H. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm
The New York Times’s new “Upshot” section provides useful evidence-based reporting about current political and economic issues. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm
Last week here on Verdict, in “Poor, Rich, and Very Little Movement in Between: Part One of a Two-Part Series on Income Mobility and Inequality,” I discussed one of the more persistent and dishonest responses by conservatives to the problem of poverty and inequality. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm
There has recently been an outpouring of discussion about economic inequality, especially in response to the surprising popularity of Thomas Piketty’s blockbuster bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. [read post]
21 May 2014, 9:01 pm
Last year at this time, there was a political and media frenzy surrounding the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service had apparently singled out certain right-wing groups for some sort of extra scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status. [read post]
7 May 2014, 9:01 pm
Because they have “proven much more successful at resisting tax increases in the age of Obama than [h]ave the true plutocrats above them. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm
Every Spring, as the tax-filing season gets into full swing, a passel of anti-tax lobbying organizations attempts to scare and outrage the public by pointing to our supposedly high and oppressive taxes. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm
To the surprise of many people, and to the great consternation of Republicans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or the dreaded “Obamacare”) failed to fail. [read post]
30 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm
The Enlightenment led to the development of the essential institutions of modern society. [read post]