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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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White House order to loosen occupational licensing burdens

December 17, 2020

Kim Weeden, professor of sociology and director of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, says a new White House executive order addresses that some regulation is necessary to protect consumers, but occupational licensing creates inequality in the workforce.

Law and Policy
Economics and Business

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Impact on the economy and industries

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on economic productivity, inequalities as well as specific disruptions to various industries. 

Alexander Colvin
Mary Jo Dudley
professor of history at Cornell University
Miguel Gómez
senior research associate at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Louis Hyman
Heeyon Kim
Kevin Kniffin
Associate Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Jamila Michener
Douglass Miller
Andrew Novakovic
Richard Stup
Alex Susskind
Mildred E. Warner
Art Wheaton
Nicolas Ziebarth

Census report: Worsening inequality a recipe for divided nation

September 26, 2019

Income inequality in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years, according to figures released on Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Heartland states are among the leaders of the increase, even though several wealthy coastal states still had the most inequality overall.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship