Allison Schrager

Pension Economist, Bloomberg Opinion Contributor & Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute

Allison Schrager is an American economist, author, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where she studies tax and monetary policy. Schrager is a regular contributor to the Economist, Reuters, and Bloomberg Businessweek. She is also the author of "An Economist Walks into a Brothel." In addition to her writing, she has consulted for organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Monetary Fund and is co-founder of a risk advisory firm, LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.

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Do Unions Work For The Economy?

With Steven Greenhouse, Allison Schrager

Unions may be on the verge of a resurgence. After decades of declines, workers are organizing across household-name companies, like Starbucks, Amazon, and Google, at a pace not seen since the 1930s. A generation of stagnant wages, recent labor shortages, and the most vocally pro-union administration in recent memory, have all stoked key wins for American labor, including successful strikes at John Deere and Kellogg. In fact, recent polling shows public support for labor unions at 71%, its highest level…

Do Unions Work For The Economy?

With Steven Greenhouse, Allison Schrager

Is it Time to Redistribute the Wealth?

With Robert Reich, Allison Schrager, Lawrence Summers, Yanis Varoufakis

Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask: Is it time to redistribute the wealth? Should we address growing inequality by overhauling our tax system, expanding our social safety nets, and investing more in public initiatives like universal health care, education, and infrastructure? Or would a wealth transfer unduly punish the economic elite, destroy…