November 19, 2024

Marketplace from APM reports on how economic inequality has or hasn't changed since the pandemic. Bruce Meyer, the McCormick Foundation Professor at Harris Public Policy commented: 

“A lot of people look to others for how they judge whether or not they’re well off,” said Meyer. “Even when things are getting better in terms of the level of expenditures people can afford at the bottom.”

Read the full story here: https://www.marketplace.org/2024/11/18/how-economic-inequality-has-and-hasnt-changed-since-the-pandemic/

Bruce Meyer
Faculty Spotlight

Bruce D. Meyer
McCormick Foundation Professor

Bruce D. Meyer, the McCormick Foundation Professor at Harris, studies poverty and inequality, tax policy, government safety net programs such as unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, food stamps, and Medicaid, and the accuracy of household surveys.