Harriet Presser left us twelve years ago today. After a lifetime of caring about workers, I think it's fitting that she departed this earth on May 1. She was a brilliant colleague and a great friend. I can still hear her laugh. May she Rest in Worker Power.

When Arthur Kennickell writes about trends in household wealth, I pay attention. 👇👇👇

This morning's Manhattan sky seems to be saying something.

“The overarching question is not how to mitigate poverty among childless adults in the U.S., but how to create the political will to do so,” @janetgornick, David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social), Ive Marx, and @zparolin. brookings.edu/articles/pover…

My new LIS paper with David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social), Ive Marx, & Zach Parolin – 'Poverty and Poverty Reduction Among Non-Elderly, Nondisabled, Childless Adults', prepared for The Hamilton Project – is now Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper #84. Comments welcomed!

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Earth Day 2015. The The Graduate Center hosted Joseph Stiglitz & Nicholas Stern for memorable conversation: 'Inequality & Climate Change.' W/Eduardo Porter & Deborah Balk. Eduardo Porter Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Graduate Center Presents

Check out the video; content begins 4:30. #EarthDay2024

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Video up! From April 17 The Hamilton Project event at The Brookings Institution: 'Securing the Safety Net for Working-Age Adults' - an understudied and underserved population. Ive Marx David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) Zach Parolin Bob Greenstein Bradley Hardy Lauren Bauer Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality LIS

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The US is exceptional in providing almost no safety net to (presumed) work-able, childless adults - 106 million people! No wonder that poverty among this demographic is a serious albeit largely unrecognized problem. From a new paper with Janet Gornick David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) Zach Parolin (1/n)

And doing a very good job at it!

Another paper (by Janet Gornick, David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social), Ive Marx, and Zach Parolin) demonstrates that various other western, industrialized nations do considerably more to aid and reduce poverty among this group than the US does hamiltonproject.org/publication/po…

A trio of new reports out today from The Hamilton Project at The Brookings Institution shows stunning gaps in the US safety net for non-elderly adults (age 18-64) who aren’t raising children and don’t meet the stringent criteria for federal disability benefits. 🧵

PS I hope it's obvious I'm not anti-tax. IMHO, the amount of revenue raised via US taxes should be increased. My point: many aspects of US system, especially FICA, are regressive, and should be made more progressive. To start, raise FICA cap; $168,600 is too low in today's world.

My colleagues Sarah Bruch (Univ. of Delaware) & Joey van der Naald (@GC_CUNY), and I, are working on a project funded by SSA through a newly created national research center, the 'NY RDRC'. Read about it here. Exciting! Joseph van der Naald Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality CUNY GC Sociology

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