The Cato Unbound debates are good at exploring as many facets of an issue as possible, and then going back and forth a few times on each facet to make sure all the possibilities are fleshed out. Elizabeth Anderson says what I said about political power…only she says it better. John V. C. Nye says what I said about the financial crisis…only he says it better. And to my delight, Kenworthy gets into the discussion I’d been hoping for, starting with policy suggestions:
Potentially helpful policies include more aggressive early education, improved K-12 schooling, portable health insurance and pensions, more generous unemployment compensation, wage insurance, retraining, job placement assistance, a minimum wage pegged to inflation, and a beefed-up EITC for those without children.vv Continue reading “Taking the Income Inequality Debate to the Next Level”