The term, ‘middle class’, is constantly used to describe some average group of individuals, households or families. Various definitions and measures are used within the public policy, media and academic arenas. And, yet, there is no definitive consensus as to what middle class means or how...

There seems to be two interrelated concerns with automation: first, does increases in the minimum wage encourage businesses to further automate their processes; and second, does automation affect the demand for labor, especially the low-paying ones. Both seems to have implications for social...

Now before Congress there are at least two healthcare1 bills, generally referred to as Medicare for All. Basically, these bills would, in various ways, use the structure of the existing Medicare system to provide insurance benefits to the broad class of citizens. It is often stated that bills...

The concept of providing all households with some level of guaranteed income have become a part of the Democratic political initiative. Although the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party does not seem to support the Universal Basic Income (UBI), it seems that his alliance with Senators...

The underlying social framework in which we live seems to becoming less social. The connections we have between individuals, businesses, and government has become impersonal and distant. If this is a valid trend of society then our connection with our elected officials may be a lot less...

There is a broad consensus amongst most parties that the Social Security, as it currently exists needs to be reformed in some manner to make it solvent in the long-term. For a large segment of the retired and retiring population, Social Security represents their principle source of income....