Category Archives: Government

Lane Kenworthy Interview, Part 2 — Podcast September 5, 2011

Trickle-Down Economics, Marginal Tax Rates, and the Rise in Income Inequality: Part 2 of Democratic Perspective’s interview with Professor Lane Kenworthy. What we really need to do if we want to successfully address the economic crisis brought about by the … Continue reading

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Do Trickle-Down Economics Work?

As Democratic Perspective continued our conversation with Lane Kenworthy, Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona on Labor Day, we began by posing that question to him. Professor Kenworthy responded by saying, “To an extent. Nobody … Continue reading

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Lane Kenworthy Interview — Podcast August 29, 2011

What Is Government For? Lane Kenworthy, Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona, and author of Progress for the Poor, Jobs with Equality, Egalitarian Capitalism and In Search of National Economic Success, talks with Democratic Perspective … Continue reading

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What Is Government For?

Democratic Perspective posed the question to Lane Kenworthy, Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona and author of Progress for the Poor, Jobs with Equality, Egalitarian Capitalism and In Search of National Economic Success. We began … Continue reading

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