The Two-Parent Privilege Is Real

The surge in economic inequality since the 1980s has led to an explosion of anxious commentary over the last decade. Once minimized or rationalized as the price of market dynamism by mainstream economists, the effects of this inequality are now impossible to ignore. From the decimation of manufacturing towns and deaths of despair to the national housing crisis and stubborn intergenerational poverty, too many working Americans have seen their life chances wither and vanish.