Inequality Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

CEPR investigates economic and social policies that affect, as well as methods of measuring, levels of hardship, poverty and inequality in the U.S.

CEPR investiga las políticas económicas y sociales que afectan, así como los métodos para medir, los niveles de adversidad, pobreza y desigualdad en los Estados Unidos.

Op-Ed/Commentary

InequalityLGBTQ+USWorkers LGBTQ+ Workers Especially Burdened by Unpredictable Work Hours, Unstable Incomes

It is essential that policy makers address work schedule uncertainty to protect LGBTQ+ workers. Doing so could improve worker well-being and financial security.

Annabel Utz Julie Yixia Cai / 06/27/2022 1:50pm

Op-Ed/Commentary

AbortionHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityLGBTQ+USWomen In Striking Down Roe, the Supreme Court Has Dealt a Blow to Reproductive and Economic Justice

It’s time to build the power necessary to ensure no one is forced by the state to bear a child and the life-transforming consequences that act involves.

Hayley Brown Annabel Utz / 06/24/2022 12:12pm

Op-Ed/Commentary

Inequality A Cold War with China, Global Warming, and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

It would be truly ironic if we were to transfer still more income upward, with increased subsidies for research and development, with the gains locked down by a small elite with their patent and copyright monopolies.

Dean Baker / 06/23/2022 4:34pm

Op-Ed/Commentary

Health and Social ProgramsInequalityUS Only Radical Changes Will Make Rents Affordable

The US needs to adopt European-style social housing and also make rental assistance an entitlement.

Algernon Austin / 06/16/2022 11:00am