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Economic Pulse

Has financial insecurity replaced upward mobility in the U.S. economy?

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 4, 2024
And will any of that change in an economy under the next Trump administration?
"We've been taught the story about the deserving rich and the undeserving poor for generations," said Alissa Quart. "This idea that we're doing this all on our own is a fiction."
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Why the economy drove voters toward Donald Trump

by David Brancaccio , Nic Perez and Ariana Rosas
Nov 7, 2024
Dissatisfaction with the economy drove voters to the polls. And Trump was viewed as the change candidate.
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Playing against the system: how a board game is teaching people about inequality

by Erika Soderstrom
Jun 13, 2023
It's the "unfair game of life."
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How employer-sponsored health insurance can widen economic inequality

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Erika Soderstrom
Apr 24, 2023
Marketplace's senior economics contributor breaks down the impact of employer-sponsored health insurance on college educated and non-college educated workers.
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Hip-hop traces its roots to economic hard times

by Nova Safo
Mar 15, 2023
An exhibit at New York City's Fofografiska museum spotlights how poverty and inequality in the 1970s helped create the genre.
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The consequences of underestimating the racial wealth gap

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 2, 2023
Ivy Onyeador of Northwestern University discusses why Americans overestimate the progress we've made toward economic equality.
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Inside the "hacker" culture of the rich and powerful

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas
Feb 28, 2023
A new book explores how the most privileged in society attempt to "hack" the rules.
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Debate over Fed's role in shaping unequal economy expected at Jackson Hole

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 24, 2021
Wrapped up in this year's theme — "Macroeconomic Policy in an Uneven Economy" — is years of debate and controversy over who the economy serves.
People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange in August 2016. At the Fed's Jackson Hole summit, economists expect discussions about the Fed's role in minimizing inequality.
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Shelf Life

Why public health and the economy are inextricably linked

by Leana Wen
Aug 12, 2021
Read an excerpt from a new book by emergency room physician and former Baltimore Health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.
“Public health is housing. It’s food. It’s clean air. It’s education,” writes former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen in her new book. “It’s the social supports that give everyone their best chance to survive.”
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Pandemic exacerbated inequality worldwide, Amnesty International says

by Samantha Fields
Apr 7, 2021
In many countries, those working in low-wage jobs or in the gig economy were left out of government relief packages.
New data from Robin Hood and Columbia University paint a picture of poverty in New York City amid multiple crises.
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