Nice graph in today’s NYT.

This week and next I’m taking part in an exchange on inequality at Cato Unbound. John Nye, Elizabeth Anderson, and I will be responding to Will Wilkinson’s essay “Economic inequality and the mirage of injustice,” followed by some back-and-forth. My initial comment is titled “Is consumption the grail for inequality skeptics?“

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve been busy working on a book, among other things. I’ll try to get back to it soon.

In the meantime, Saturday’s Financial Times had two nice pieces on France:

The myth of Eurabia, by Simon Kuper

Vive la différence, by Donald Morrison