The East Side of Town

Poverty

            New Orleans      One of the great songs about urban life and poverty was written by Louisiana and Arkansas bred, alternative country singer, Lucinda Williams, named the “East Side of Town.”  I use a piece of a verse from the song (thanks, Lucinda!) at the tail end of every one of my weekly radio …

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Wealth Inheritance

Economics

            New Orleans       For years, economists and policymakers have written and spoken about generational wealth and the huge transfer that is happening now.  For all of the talk, governments don’t really publish statistics about inheritance, so what is the happening?  Some time ago, The Economist took a shot at figuring out the “annual inheritance …

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