The average American family had the same amount of wealth in 2013 as it did in 1989
A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office looks at the extent of wealth inequality in the US.
Jim Tankersley covers economic policy for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, he wrote for National Journal, covering the breakdown in American job creation, the decline in economic mobility and the failure of policy makers to adapt to an increasingly complex set of global economic challenges.
A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office looks at the extent of wealth inequality in the US.
Rural counties, small towns and even medium-sized cities in the US are trailing big metro areas when it comes to job growth and new business formation. Why?
Researchers went back to 1938 to look at the link between minimum wage increase and jobs, asking just one simple question.