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Talking with—Not Just to—Kids Powers How They Learn Language
Children from the poorer strata of society begin life not only with material disadvantages but cognitive ones. Decades of research have confirmed this, including a famous 1995 finding by psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley
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How Low Income Affects Routine Decisions
The US government shutdown has left scores of people without paychecks. Their worries about money will be difficult to suppress and may interfere with other experiences, research suggests.
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The racial wealth divide is worse than people think—and it’s growing
Quartz: Wealthy white households control the vast majority of the nation’s economic resources, and they appear to have no idea how the rest of society lives. It’s pleasant to think history is marching towards a
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BLACK-WHITE WAGE GAP GROWS AS AMERICANS REMAIN IN DENIAL
Pacific Standard: A new study finds Americans wildly overestimate the progress we have made toward racial economic equality. Ironically, this news comes days after other research revealed a growing wage gap between blacks and whites, as well as an
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This is what happens when Americans are told about rising inequality
The Washington Post: The sharp growth in economic inequality — and its visibility as an issue in both the 2012 and 2016 American political campaigns — has led to an important debate about how to respond. Some in this debate suggest
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Whites Have Huge Wealth Edge Over Blacks (but Don’t Know It)
The New York Times: The Yale researchers suspected that many people would not get the answers right. “I’m a person who studies inequality, who should really know how inequality looks,” said one of the psychologists
