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Richard B. Freeman

Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University.

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Solving the New Inequality

Income inequality has skyrocketed. What can policy do about it?

Richard B. Freeman

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Response: Let the People Decide

Should someone who enters the US illegally receive the same legal rights and social benefits as legal residents? Should someone who enters the US legally as an immigrant receive less social transfers...
Richard B. Freeman

Response: Solving the New Inequality — Final Response

The first purpose of my article was to move discussion of the new inequality from analyses of fact or cause or consequence toward developing a sensible long-term plan for improving the economic...
Richard B. Freeman

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