Simon Kuznets

How statistical data came to rule public policy.

The key measure of a healthy economy has long been growth, yet if production and consumption expand at their current rate we risk the health of the planet.

An intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind the field’s resurgence in the last few decades.

Inequality comes in waves. The question is when this one will break.

Isaiah Bowman was one of the worst college presidents in American history.

Amid the global threats posed by climate change, energy costs, unemployment and inequality, the need to rethink progress is now an urgent priority.

The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.

Taxation is at the heart of any serious economic growth policy.