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David B. Grusky

David B. Grusky is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality, and co-editor of Pathways.

Articles

Emmanuel Saez and David Grusky discuss why taxation, though a blunt instrument, might be the best available solution.

David B. Grusky, Emmanuel Saez

The writers—including Nobel Laureate in Economics Kenneth Arrow and bestselling authors Paul and Anne Ehrlich—lay out what our country’s principles are, whether we’re living up to them, and what can be done to bring our institutions into better alignment with them.

David B. Grusky, Rob Reich, Debra Satz, Doug McAdam

Forums

If we’re serious about reducing inequality, we need to do more than raise taxes on the rich. We need to correct the market failures in labor and education that generate it.
David B. Grusky

Forum Responses

I’m grateful for the thoughtful criticisms of my essay. The responses suggest three areas in which my argument could be clearer: the proper role of tax-based redistribution, the effectiveness of institutional reform,...
David B. Grusky
The United States has a problem with poverty. The latest statistics show that 49 million Americans are in poverty and another 90 million are in “near-poverty” (i.e., have incomes less than twice...
David B. Grusky
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