Outside the Beltway

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

Canada is much friendlier than the United States with regard to immigration.

While the amount of wealth controlled by the top 1% is at record highs, real inequality is smaller than ever.

NYT columnist Nick Kristoff says America’s income inequality makes us a banana republic.

Tonight’s topic: America’s rising income inequality and what, if anything, we ought to do about it.

It’s worth reminding ourselves, in a country where so many are trying to figure out the best way to keep excess fat off our bodies, how recently abject poverty was widespread here

America’s elite universities have proportionately fewer slots than their English and French counterparts. Does it matter?

Tonight’s topics: The Gallup poll and the vanishing 10-point Republican lead, whether we overreacted to 9/11, Mike Castle and the RINO/DINO problem, income inequality, and the retirement of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

Americans who earn a lot of money disproportionately live in a tiny number of states and are married to other high-earners.