The U.S. presidential race has seen each party obsessed by one big issue. For Republicans, it’s immigration — or at least what Donald Trump is saying on a particular day about immigration. For Democrats, it’s income inequality. Hillary Clinton says we need to “reshuffle the deck” to give the middle-class a better deal. Bernie Sanders […]
“Women earn less than men across our economy — and women of color often lose out the most,” Hillary Clinton says on her campaign website. She promises to fight for pay transparency and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would give the federal government more power to intrude into firms’ decisions on pay. But there’s […]
The day after Christmas, Bernie Sanders asked a question on Twitter: “You have families out there paying 6, 8, 10 percent on student debt but you can refinance your homes at 3 percent. What sense is that?” Finance types may snicker. But I’ve seen this question asked fairly often, and it seems worth answering, respectfully, […]
Instead of just criticizing the presidential debate moderators after the fact, I’ve decided to suggest a few questions for them to ask on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. I don’t know if the questions will be good for ratings, but I’d like to know the candidates’ answers to them. 1. Nearly all of you have […]
“The U.S. needs more education” has been conventional wisdom for decades now. I can still remember, as a teenager, hearing Bill Clinton and other politicians promise that higher education would be the key to preparing Americans for the new information-based economy. That orthodoxy has not diminished in force — if anything, higher education looms larger […]