The Google Guy who wrote the memo about Google’s diversity efforts has provided great fodder for the take-makers. Was he doing free speech? Was Google doing political correctness? Can a non-government actor hurt free speech? These and other profound questions about the nature of liberalism are all at stake. Curiously enough, nearly every person’s opinion… Continue reading The Trump NLRB Will Smash the Google Guy
Category: Class
Some Opponents of UBI Necessarily Believe the Racial Wealth Gap Is Good
A universal basic income (UBI) is a program where everyone receives an equal cash benefit each month in addition to the income they receive from the market. So, for example, you could imagine a situation where the government directly deposited $1,000 each month into each person’s bank account. That would be a UBI. Some argue… Continue reading Some Opponents of UBI Necessarily Believe the Racial Wealth Gap Is Good
Education Is Just Another Issue
In his piece about DC’s failed school voucher program, David Leonhardt had this to say: [E]ducation isn’t just another issue. It is the most powerful force for accelerating economic growth, reducing poverty and lifting middle-class living standards. Well-educated adults earn much more, live longer and are happier than poorly educated adults. When researchers try to… Continue reading Education Is Just Another Issue
James Baldwin on the Immiseration of Inequality
If you talk about inequality and poverty in the US for long enough, conservatives and even liberals of a certain recent vintage will invariably raise the point that bottom incomes in the US are higher than many incomes elsewhere in the world. Sure, they say, it may not be that those on the bottom of… Continue reading James Baldwin on the Immiseration of Inequality
Take Other Kids to Work Day Highlights the Absurdity of Social Mobility
Richard Reeves of Brookings has a piece in Quartz where he argues that, for social mobility sake, people should not take their own kid to work. Instead, Reeves explains, they should take a kid from a different social class. This week, parents are being urged to take their kids to work for the day. But… Continue reading Take Other Kids to Work Day Highlights the Absurdity of Social Mobility