Culture

LSE Director Minouche Shafik says that for democracy to work, we must keep the market out of certain domains

Until 2008, rising home values gave the middle class a cushion amid growing income inequality. But following the financial crisis, that wealth has failed to return.

Adolph Reed, who researches race and politics, warns that “identitarian” politics can conceal the structural inequities of capitalism

Donald Trump, democracy, and how the wealthy crush the American Dream

Young scholars in the fields of behavioral and experimental economics, philosophy, and related disciplines will be given the opportunity to present their work at a workshop in New York. Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute), Shaun Hargreaves Heap (King’s College London) and Mario Rizzo (New York University) will also present their work and give feedback to the young scholars.

“We don’t look after each other at all,” says Jeffrey Sachs on America today

A Nobel Prize-winning economist and the second-most-famous democratic socialist in America sit down together

Trump’s surprise win areas looked like a drug overdose map

Expanding, rather than cutting, Social Security is the solution

In China, the government uses the purses strings of state-owned enterprises to control social unrest

Behind sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll were moral values, says music industry veteran Danny Goldberg

Watch music industry veteran Shep Gordon and INET President Rob Johnson talk about how reality TV, celebrity chefs, and surfing explain American politics and economy today.

A new report examines the path to global social progress. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers

Gay men earn 20% less than straight men, but gay women earn up to 20% more than straight women. Why?

Alissa Quart’s new book chronicles the pain of a disgruntled class that could change the country’s political landscape.