This book discusses the cost and standard of living, income distribution, wage surveys, and wages.

The trend toward more income inequality and the small gains in real median family income since the 1970s are well known. Despite little growth in measured income, however, the typical family does not seem to be experiencing greater difficulty meeting its basic needs. And although income inequality seems to...

In her recent book, What Money Can’t Buy, Susan Mayer finds that parental income is less important to children’s well-being than scholars have thought in the past. Mayer argues that most American families are now able to provide the basic necessities for their children, in part because government help...

This bookexamines the effects on achievement of the largest federal program of financial aid to schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

During the past year, tax reform and economic fairness have become central topics in the national media and the presidential campaigns.

Arealignment in American politics has sharpened differences between the two major parties, increased homogeneity within the parties, and heightened the importance of economic issues.

Experts address allegations that outsourcing is responsible for slow job growth.