Pathways Magazine - Winter 2008

Table of Contents (Winter 2009 Issue)

Editors' Note by David Grusky and Christopher Wimer

Trends

• Poorer by Comparison by Timothy M. Smeeding
  The U.S. has much poverty, far more than comparable countries, like the U.K. Why?
  
• Striking it Richer by Emmanuel Saez
  A new analysis of tax data reveals an unprecedented rise at the top of the income distribution. Are capitalists or professionals the big winners?
  

A New War on Poverty?

It is time for a new war on poverty? The presidential candidates and top commentators weigh in.

• Building One America by John Edwards
  
• Pragmatic Solutions for Reducing Poverty and Inequality by Hillary Clinton
  
• Tackling Poverty and Inequality in America by Barack Obama
  
• How to Wage the New War on Poverty: Advising and Grading the Candidates by Rebecca Blank
  
• Poverty and Marriage, Inequality and Brains by Charles Murray
  
• The Pragmatic Case for Reducing Income Inequality by Robert Frank

Research in Brief

• New research developments
  The gender gap in educational outcomes, debt reform and financial risk, and the surprising decline in residential segregation.
  

Interventions

• Escaping Poverty: Can Housing Vouchers Help? by Stefanie DeLuca and James E. Rosenbaum
  Should poverty policy be built around housing vouchers? Making sense of the evidence.