One of the issues shaping the election has been economic anxiety brought about by a changing economy and a shift in policy changes over decades that have chipped away at the social safety net. Rutgers Today spoke with William M. Rodgers III, a professor of public policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, about the roots of income inequality and possible solutions to start to close the gap. Williams is the author of a report published by The Century Foundation on the link between food security and an increase in the minimum wage and a recent Economic Policy Institute report on racial and gender earnings inequality.
Dean Shapiro: Another Blow to Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis
By Dean Stuart Shapiro The Trump Administration’s weakening of regulatory benefit-cost analysis vests unequal power in executive review. In late October, the acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued a memo attempting to...