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A New Agenda for American Families and the Economy

Heather Boushey ▪ Summer 2014

Too often, so-called women’s economic issues appear as an afterthought, rather than as fundamental to family economic security and the economy overall.

Prosperity and Politics

Heather Boushey ▪ Summer 2012

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson Crown Publishers, 2012, 529 pp. MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and Harvard political scientist and economist James A. Robinson have written a book, Why …