Poverty

Watch a panel of leading thinkers and analysts discuss what is likely to happen in the next four years, provide insights into the reforms that they would like to see, and explain why these programs matter.

M. Corak. Canadian Public Policy. vol. 42, no. 4. pp. 367-414. 2016.

J.C. Gornick and N. Boeri. In The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty. D. Brady and L.M. Burton (eds). pp. 221-246. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016.

Mayor Bill de Blasio in conversation with the Stone Center's Paul Krugman.

In this video, Angus Deaton traces the dramatic increase in human prosperity over the past 250 years as well as the widening gap between the poor and sick, and the rich and well.

S. Morelli, T. Smeeding, and J.P. Thompson. In Handbook of Income Distribution Vol. 2A. A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds). pp. 596-693. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2015.

In an interview with CUNY’s Folio, Janet Gornick discusses elements of her 2012 commencement speech and why poverty and inequality are growing more important to the current debate.

J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti (eds). Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. 2013.

B. Milanovic and L. Ersado. In Economies in Transition: The Long-Run View. G. Roland (ed). pp. 84-108. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012.

B. Milanovic. Global Policy. vol. 3, no. 2. pp. 125-134. 2012.