Archive: Richard Reeves

• WCP: Equal Opportunity Is Not Enough

  There has been no shortage of explanations and proposed solutions to America’s growing class divide. A recent effort by Richard Reeves’ Dream Horders expands blame from the top 1% to the top 20% of incomes for manipulating the system to benefit their children. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metzgar critiques Reeves’ solutions for reflecting classist attitudes and neglecting transformational policies to generate shared prosperity.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: American dream, Economic Inequality, Inequality, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Richard Reeves, Sherry Linkon, Tax Policy, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives