Lane Kenworthy

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Lane Kenworthy is an American professor of sociology and political science. He has worked at the University of Arizona since 2004, being a full professor since 2007.[1] He is known for his statistical and analytic work on the economic effects of income and wealth distribution.[2]

He advocates incremental reforms to the U.S. welfare state in the direction of the Nordic social democratic model, thereby increasing economic security and equal opportunity.[3]

Biography

Kenworthy was born in New York and grew up in Atlanta. He received a B.A. in sociology from Harvard University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1993.[4]

Kenworthy worked as assistant professor of sociology at Rochester Institute of Technology 1994–1995 and held the same position at East Carolina University 1995–2000. He worked as assistant at Emory University 2000–2004.[4] As of 2014 he is a professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona.[5]

He played forward for the United States national youth soccer team.[6]

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As best I can tell from the available data, income inequality hasn't reduced economic growth. It hasn't hindered employment. It may or may not have played a role in fostering economic crises, including the Great Recession. It hasn't reduced income growth for poor households ...

It may or may not have reduced equality of opportunity ...

Income inequality has reduced middle-class household income growth. It very likely has increased disparities in education, health, and happiness in the United States. And it has reduced residential mixing in the U.S.[5]

Books

Selected articles

  • "America's Social Democratic Future". (February 2014). Foreign Affairs.
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References

  1. Norman Geras (2 May 2008) The normblog profile 241: Lane Kenworthy Normblog. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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  3. Kenworthy, Lane (February 2014). America's Social Democratic Future. Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2 February 2014. See also: Kenworthy, Lane (2014). Social Democratic America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199322511
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lane Kenworthy University of Arizona. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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  6. Lawrie Mifflin and Michael Katz (28 September 1982) SCOUTING; Ivy League Goal New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2014
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  8. Dylan Matthews (January 2014). This sociologist has a plan to make America more like Sweden The Washington Post.
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External links

  • Official site
  • Official page, U. of AZ
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