Income/wealth inequality is creating serious problems for America’s middle class and has worsened the plight of those in poverty. Maintaining and expanding the middle class while preserving the safety net is essential to stability and democracy. David Cay Johnston is […]
Timothy Noah discusses why America is different than other countries in its large disparity of income. Presented by North Jersey Policy Network.
Stanley Richards, Fortune Society, Jim McGreevey, former NJ Governor, and Exec. Director of the Jersey City Education and Training Program, Udi Ofer, director of the ACLU –NJ, and Neil Barsky, Founder Marshall Project Video by JayTreblecom Special thanks to FDU […]
The New Jersey Issues and Deluge with Gordon MacInnis, President of the New Jersey Policy Perspective, former State Senator and expert on NJ affairs.
How has America become the most unequal advanced country in the world, and what can we do about it? In his latest book, THE GREAT DIVIDE, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The […]
Climate Change is one of the defining issues of the 21st Century. Dr. Trenberth’s research on the link between extreme weather and climate change, as well as his observations on possible options for adapting to and mitigating the effects of […]
Most Americans support common-sense gun safety measures and anguish over the needless gun deaths that occur across our country every day. How do we change our culture and our policies to stop this cycle of violence while respecting the rights […]
To a growing number of people throughout the world, the case for addressing runaway climate change is obvious. Still, the sweeping policies needed to stave off further warming must address fundamental economic realities: –Is it possible–and politically feasible–for the U.S. […]
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is morality and the moral emotions. Haidt is the author of two books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern […]
Lane Kenworthy is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. His books include Social Democratic America (2014), Progress for the Poor (2011), Jobs with Equality (2008), and Egalitarian Capitalism (2004). His essays and shorter pieces appear […]