COMMENTARY | We need more funding for public programs; we also need to address the obscene concentration of wealth The bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, is reputed to have answered, “Because that’s where the money is ...
20 Dec 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | With big businesses unwilling to bring back pensions or raise wages, seniors are left with tough decisions, and younger generations are left behind Despite its reputation as the wealthiest generation, baby boomers (generally considered to be ...
11 Oct 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTRY | It’s true: These young adults are faring worse than earlier generations A lot has been written and said that is critical of millennials. The business press has been tough on their spending habits. As a recent Federal Reserve Board study of mil ...
22 Mar 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Thanks in part to corporate lobbying, lawmakers think constituents are more conservative than they are Midterm elections are long over. But do our elected leaders really know or care what we think about critical issues? Unfortunately, the evi ...
18 Jan 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Efforts to speed economic growth are not the solution A recent study published in Science Magazine, “The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940,” makes clear that the workings of the contemporary U.S. economy hav ...
29 Aug 2017 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | There are many reasons to dismiss a declaration of crisis Be afraid, very afraid. There is good reason to fear that President Trump and the Republican Party are out to destroy our Social Security system. Social Security is an incredibly popu ...
17 Apr 2017 - Martin Hart-Lan...