Timothy Weaver (Louisville): The Emergent Neoliberal Order in American Political Development. Wallace Katz (Stony Brook): Inequality and the American Ruling Class That Does Not Rule. Jan Zilinsky (Chicago): Learning about Income Inequality: What is the Impact of Information on Perceptions of Fairness and Preferences for Redistribution? Mark Thoma on why the rich should call for income redistribution. Thomas Edsall on the expanding world of poverty capitalism. Money in the bank: The story of pro wrestling in the twentieth century is the story of American capitalism. In New York City, apartments are both expensive and hard to come by; among the many ways to address this problem, here is one that should please almost everyone — make rich people live in the fucking apartments they own. Neil Irwin on why the middle class isn’t buying talk about economic good times. This isthmus of a middle state: A great deal of ideological insight into contemporary America can be achieved simply by meditating on the phrase “middle class”. Working anything but 9 to 5: Jodi Kantor on how scheduling technology leaves low-income parents with hours of chaos. Is a hard life inherited? Meet Rick Goff of Yamhill, Oregon — his life story is a study in the national crisis facing working-class men. Why did the economy cease to reward work? Harold Meyerson on William Lazonick’s seminal essay on U.S. corporations, “Profits Without Prosperity”. Work and worth: What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society. Who stole the four-hour workday? Nathan Schneider wonders. Matthew Yglesias on how American prosperity was built on slavery and torture: All that cotton and the factories it fueled didn't come from nowhere.
