If you’re a female St. Louis native in your mid-40s to early 50s, a new public-health study should put a smile on your face. The working paper by Sherry Glied and Matthew Neidell of Columbia University says that women who grew up…

My previous post about economic mobility drew a quick email response from a reader named Dan, who opines that some steps on the escalator   “are padded with silk and stamped with gold.” True enough. But are those steps going up,…

A new Treasury Department study on income mobility reinforces what should be an important point in the debate over inequality: People move up and down the income scale over time.

The study looks at the period from 1996 to 2005, dividing…

The Tax Policy Center  has published an analysis of Rep. Charles Rangel’s sweeping tax bill, and it’s illuminating. Rangel wants to abolish the Alternative Minimum Tax, reduce the top corporate tax rate and increase the standard deduction for individuals. He’d pay for…