States can fight growing economic inequality through lowering taxes on the poor, and stricter labor market policies.
While unemployment and levels of economic growth in the U.S. have returned to levels not seen since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, inequality remains a significant problem. In new research, Megan E. Hatch and Elizabeth Rigby examine the role of state-level policies in reducing or increasing inequality. They find that inequality can be reduced through a […]