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The Economist Got it Wrong on U.S. Income Inequality
'); document.write('In its special report on the rise and fall of the wealthy, referring to the trends in income inequality in the United States The Economist (April 4-10th 2009, p. 3) states “… Another international study found that only Mexico and Russia had more unequal income distributions than America.” That is plain wrong. In Latin America [...]
Yada Yada…Washington Talks While Missouri Acts on Climate Change
'); document.write('You could be forgiven for thinking that national action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is going nowhere. This article in yesterday’s Washington Post describes the persistent hand-wringing inside the Beltway about the putative cost of cap-and-trade regulation. The argument continues although, as I and many others have argued, the U.S. is perfectly capable of implementing [...]
Innovations in Aid: Beginning with an End to ODA?
'); document.write('This is a joint posting with Ayah Mahgoub To all those concerned about the future of foreign aid, please take the opportunity to read the works included in CGD’s new Innovations in Aid mini-series. The first paper in this series “The End of ODA” is by Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Ray, and though it was started [...]