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Why does inequality matter?
As a new dad I've been thinking a lot about what a good world needs to look like
Oct 16, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years.
Feb 2, 2021
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Jeremy Ney
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The Great Generational Wealth Divide
Baby Boomers own half of all wealth in America, while Millennials and Gen-Z own the majority of debt
Mar 18
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Michael Tiede
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How the Wealthy Game Disability Laws for Ivy League Gains
Disability accommodations in higher ed have become a huge benefit for America's richest families yet they remain a trap for the most vulnerable
Apr 8
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Jeremy Ney
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Why drinking deaths fall by half by crossing from Nevada to Utah
Sep 3, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
Feb 2, 2021
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Jeremy Ney
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Sep 3, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Why homelessness just hit a 15-year high, rising 12% from last year
Jan 10, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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What can America learn from Kenya about fighting poverty?
Mar 13, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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Dustin Palmer
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Why drinking deaths fall by half by crossing from Nevada to Utah
Sep 3, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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What can America learn from Kenya about fighting poverty?
Evidence from the largest universal basic income program in history, in collaboration with GiveDirectly, and featuring former Mayor of Stockton, CA…
Mar 13, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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Dustin Palmer
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Why poverty is rising in America
The poverty rate had its largest one-year increase ever and the child poverty rate more than doubled
Oct 4, 2023
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Jeremy Ney
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years.
Feb 2, 2021
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Jeremy Ney
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Housing
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The Stealth Tax Destroying Housing Affordability
How insurance premiums and property taxes are draining households budgets
Sep 9
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Jeremy Ney
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Charts That Explain the World No. 2
How climate impacts home prices; the rising costs of healthcare; and political affiliations in the workforce
Sep 1
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Michael Tiede
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U.S. Officials Withheld and Altered Homeless Data
After months of delays, HUD finally revealed the state of homelessness. The reality both grim and incomplete.
Jul 8
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Toxic Waste Hiding in Our Backyards
78 million Americans now live within a few miles of a superfund site, causing lower grades life expectancies, and birthweights
Jan 28
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Jeremy Ney
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Charts that Explain the World
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Charts that Explain the World No. 7
The top 0.1% hold 15% of wealth, data centers eat farmland, and rents ease as new apartments flood the market
Oct 6
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Michael Tiede
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Charts that Explain the World No. 6
CLIMATE EDITION - Super El Niño, Smoke Cover and Temperature Increase, How Data Centers harm communities, and the Iran War’s harm on marine biodiversity
Sep 29
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Michael Tiede
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Charts that Explain the World No. 5
Prices soar across the economy, African nations agree to accept US immigrants, shifting midterm forecasts, and rising maternal deaths.
Sep 22
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Michael Tiede
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Charts that Explain the World No. 4
Explore our new series. This week, test scores drastic fall, the decline in safety for journalists, and the geography of authoritarian attitudes
Sep 15
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Michael Tiede
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Substack Live
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How Government Steals our Time, with Annie Lowrey
Americans lose 12 billion hours per year filling out government forms. How much of this friction is by design?
Sep 16
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Jeremy Ney
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Annie
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Decoding Public Opinion Polling and the Economy, with G. Elliott Morris
Policymakers are more responsive to public opinion polls than we think, and why prices tell us everything we need to know about sentiment
Aug 11
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Jeremy Ney
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G. Elliott Morris
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Politics of an Unfair Economy, with David Pakman
How America can Improve Affordability on Healthcare, Housing, Education, and Childcare
Aug 4
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Jeremy Ney
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David Pakman
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Impact over Ideology: How Real Change Wins Elections
How local leaders are redefining equality by focusing on daily issues like housing, transportation, and childcare
Jul 28
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Jeremy Ney
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Amanda Litman
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The Dividing Line
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U.S. Officials Withheld and Altered Homeless Data
After months of delays, HUD finally revealed the state of homelessness. The reality both grim and incomplete.
Jul 8
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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The Real Estate Machine Dividing Our Students
Behind the 83% Math Score Collapse and How Property Taxes Are Starving Our Public Schools
May 27
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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The Great Generational Wealth Divide
Baby Boomers own half of all wealth in America, while Millennials and Gen-Z own the majority of debt
Mar 18
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
Dec 24, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Recent posts
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How the ER Became the New Doctor’s Office
Millions of Americans land in the hospital for problems a regular doctor could have caught. That's not an accident.
Oct 7
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Jeremy Ney
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The Future of Public Policy and Prosperity, with Micah Lasher
On his way to Congress, Micah Lasher shares his views on transit-oriented housing, mental health in NYC, and reassessing our old politics
Oct 6
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Jeremy Ney
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Micah Lasher
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Charts that Explain the World No. 7
The top 0.1% hold 15% of wealth, data centers eat farmland, and rents ease as new apartments flood the market
Oct 6
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Michael Tiede
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Charts that Explain the World No. 6
CLIMATE EDITION - Super El Niño, Smoke Cover and Temperature Increase, How Data Centers harm communities, and the Iran War’s harm on marine biodiversity
Sep 29
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Michael Tiede
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Charts that Explain the World No. 5
Prices soar across the economy, African nations agree to accept US immigrants, shifting midterm forecasts, and rising maternal deaths.
Sep 22
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Michael Tiede
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Death by a Thousand Codes
How outdated building rules are pushing New York City into a housing crisis
Published on Abundance New York
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Sep 17
50:04
How Government Steals our Time, with Annie Lowrey
Americans lose 12 billion hours per year filling out government forms. How much of this friction is by design?
Sep 16
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Jeremy Ney
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Annie
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Charts that Explain the World No. 4
Explore our new series. This week, test scores drastic fall, the decline in safety for journalists, and the geography of authoritarian attitudes
Sep 15
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Michael Tiede
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The Stealth Tax Destroying Housing Affordability
How insurance premiums and property taxes are draining households budgets
Sep 9
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Jeremy Ney
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Charts That Explain the World No. 3
Labor's Shrinking Slice, a Truer World Map, Fentanyl's Retreat, ICE's Shifting Target, and How Religiosity Shapes College Majors
Sep 8
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Michael Tiede
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Charts That Explain the World No. 2
How climate impacts home prices; the rising costs of healthcare; and political affiliations in the workforce
Sep 1
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Michael Tiede
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Charts That Explain the World No. 1
China's Pressure on Taiwan, America's Deadly Roads, AI’s learning Trade-Off, and What We'd Sacrifice for a Longer Life
Aug 25
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Michael Tiede
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