The Price Tag for Obama's Anti-Poverty Moonshot

Obama says we're going to wipe out poverty and preventable child deaths --how much will that cost?  Me in @BW.

The end of absolute poverty is closer than you think

A piece for Canada's Globe and Mail on the possibility of ending poverty by 2030.

Work More, Make More?

Inwhich I try to argue that lower working hours will increase overall ouptupt.  Maybe.  For @FP.

Sorry Mitt, Businesses Aren't Built on Their Own

Africa's awful business environment shows how important government is for private sector success.  Column for @BW.

Fix The Inequality Gap

A piece for Businessweek on inequality in the US.

We're All the One Percent

A piece on global inequality for the FP print edition.  The print version has an error --it says most Americans and Europeans are in the top one percent --that's not nealry true (only about 70 million people worldwide are in the top one percent so it is statistically impossible).  The great majority are in the top ten percent, though...

The Accidental Capitalists

The Optimist column on why Occupy Wall Street's demands for greater equality might be good for rich and poor alike.

Where is the Virtue in the Middle Class?

Where is the Virtue in the Middle Class? is a CGD essay.  It is an extended version of this.

The Myth of the Middle Class

FP column in which I suggest the middle class is much like the other classes, only more in the middle.

Slim Pickings

This Optimist column notes Mexico has the biggest rich-poor gap in the world, and that weak governance may be behind it --but recent changes suggest there might be hope for shrinking that gap.

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