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The Higher Education Bubble Burst

On June 24, Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would eliminate all student loan debt. If that proposal went into effect, and I...

The 19th Amendment Impacted All of Us, And Not In the Way You Think

In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln called on “the better angels of our nature” to save the great experiment of American...

Mom Is In Prison And It’s Not Just Her Children Who Suffer

We are in the midst of a separation crisis, and I’m not talking about what’s happening at the border. I’m talking about what’s happening...

Just for Purses and Shoes: The Myth of the Secondary Income

There’s an assumption about mom’s income. It proposes that her earnings do not go toward necessities such as food and shelter, but rather...

How Social Constructs About Gender Hinder Our Economic Potential

Social constructs regarding gender hinder women’s economic potential throughout their professional lives. It’s these social constructs...

The May 21 U.S. Supreme Court Decision was Bad for Business

#EconomicsofGenderEquity #genderequity On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a trio of cases that was largely...

Bringing the Gender Equity Conversation to the Homefront

#EconomicsofGenderEquity #genderequity #GenderMainstreaming By 1989, the labor force participation of women had been increasing for more...

What’s the Cost of Bias in the Startup World?

Just two months into my tenure as a female founder and CEO driving business to make the workplace equitable for all, the startup world...

An Economic Case for Refugees

#immigrant #refugee It was 1956, and for almost two months my father and three eldest sisters lived in a refugee camp in Austria. Then,...

Gender Equity and Kids: When is the Right Time to Start the Conversation?

#doublebias #gendernorms I am the mother of a daughter and a son. The gender equity gap matters to me as much for my son as for my...