Poverty & Work Studies.pdf |
Edited by Michael R. Strain | AEI PressWork is central to the flourishing life. How should policy respond, adapt, and keep up with pressing questions facing the labor market? A good way to start is by asking the right questions. This volume asks some (though far from all) of the most important: Should we be concerned about economic mobility in the US? How can we make work pay? Would cutting corporate tax rates increase jobs in the US? Should we be concerned about inequality?
These are hard questions, without clear or obvious answers. To make progress on them, Michael Strain advances an argument: A competitive market in ideas is the best way to figure out the world and find the best solutions to our problems. This volume manifests that argument. In its pages, the questions outlined above are answered by economists -- twice. Two papers address each question, each with a different point of view and a different emphasis.