Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality

Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the middle class, poverty, and inequality. Many economists and pundits argue that the middle class has made little or no economic progress over the last 30 years, that poverty rates are stagnant or rising, and that inequality has increased dramatically. Meyer, drawing on his research over the last ten years, argues that these conclusions are either false or misleading. He argues that standard measures of economic progress and inequality are based on faulty inflation data or a misplaced focus on pre-tax income instead of post-tax income or consumption.

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Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2011 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 59:45 long.

This episode was published on Oct 3, 2011.

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