# Richard Burkhauser

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Poverty, Relative and Absolute

Jonah is joined by Scott Winship – the director of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and fresh off the heels of his position within Senator Mike Lee’s Social Capital Project. Jonah asks Scott about the persistence of poverty in American society, and what progress has been made b…

Ep. 123 - Jan. 6, 2020 - Has the War on Poverty Been Won?

Richard Burkhauser, Professor Emeritus of Policy Analysis at Cornell University's College of Human Ecology, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the poverty rate in the United States, looking at a full-income poverty measure, and raising the question of whether President Lyndon Johnson's original War …

Burkhauser on the Middle Class

Richard Burkhauser of Cornell University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the middle class. Drawing on recently published papers, Burkhauser shows that changes in the standard of living of the middle class and other parts of the income distribution are extremely sensitive to…

Richard Burkhauser on the Middle Class

Richard Burkhauser of Cornell University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the middle class. Drawing on recently published papers, Burkhauser shows that changes in the standard of living of the middle class and other parts of the income distribution are extremely sensitive to…

Fear Street Part I: 1994

This week we're starting our first trilogy with Fear Street 1994! Join us as we learn about metal detectors and safe sex posters in schools, income inequality, "going postal", and more! Sources: Richard Burkhauser, Kenneth Couch, Andrew Houtenville, and Ludmila Rovba, "Income Inequality in the 19…

Conserving the American Dream

We need to conserve the American Dream. It motivates and shapes the American spirit. All Americans should be able to decide their own potential. They must be able to achieve this through effort and dedication, regardless of where they were born. In at least two areas we can use conservative princi…

What Will Trump's New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 1

President-elect Trump campaigned on a fresh economic platform prioritizing ordinary Americans, departing considerably from the Old Guard Republican Party that came before him. But how much of that innovative thinking will actually become policy in his second term? Oren Cass appeared at the American…

What Will Trump’s New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 2

President-elect Trump campaigned on a fresh economic platform prioritizing ordinary Americans, departing considerably from the Old Guard Republican Party that came before him. But how much of that innovative thinking will actually become policy in his second term?Oren Cass appeared at the American …

Growth vs. Redistribution in the Fight Against Poverty | Kevin Corinth | Ep. 84

The United States has spent decades trying to reduce poverty through an expanding social safety net. But how much of the country’s progress against poverty is thanks to that redistribution, and how much has come from economic growth?In a recent paper, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Kev…