Series
Big Questions
Large questions with no single answer. First get the numbers straight, then the causes, then the values.
The toolMeasure, explain, weigh
Measure
What counts, who counts, and over what period? Different choices give different numbers.
Explain
What drives the pattern? Set each explanation beside the strongest reply.
Weigh
Evidence can't settle what is fair. Name the values in play and compare them openly.
Readings in this series
Big QuestionsHow Unequal Is America?
What the numbers show, what they leave out, and what drives the gaps
Big QuestionsWho Really Runs the Economy?Wealth, market power, and who makes the rules
Big QuestionsIs the National Debt a Problem?Are we on a sustainable path, and what are the ways off it?
Big QuestionsWill Technology Take Our Jobs?What two centuries of machines, and the first years of AI, tell us about work
Big QuestionsMarkets, Planning, or Something in Between?Everyone plans. The question is whose plan.