Econ Comments & Analysis
The American | Mobility Matters: Understanding the New Geography of Jobs
Enrico Moretti explains why policymakers should concentrate on mobility inequality, why there is no Great Stagnation, and why economist Paul Romer has a tough road ahead.
Forbes | The Rise of The 1099 Economy: More Americans Are Becoming Their Own Bosses
While the economy has been miserable for small business, and many larger ones as well, the ranks of the self-employed have been growing.
Blogs
WSJ | Why Kids Today Have It Worse Than Their Parents
Today’s 20-somethings are, broadly speaking, the children of the last of the Baby Boomers, those born in the late 1950s and early 1960s. That generation, like this one, came of age in the midst of a brutal recession: The unemployment rate for 18-24 year-olds topped 17% at the end of 1982. (In 2010, it briefly crossed 18%.)
