Lane Kenworthy

Professor of Sociology and Political Science

University of Arizona

lane.kenworthy@gmail.com

Homepage

CV

Books

Articles, chapters, and short pieces

Consider the Evidence

blog

Courses

Discussions, interviews, talks, TV, radio

Data

Favorite recipes

Indv 102 Lectures

Course overview

Prosperity in America, Part I

Living standards

Inequality

Opportunity

Prosperity in America, Part II

Economic security

Poverty

Happiness

Can Government Help?

What is just?

What do Americans want?

Is there a tradeoff between social justice and a healthy economy?

What can government do?

How to pay for it

Politics

Polarized America?

The collapse of the New Deal coalition

A new Democratic majority?

Poor red states and rich blue states

What difference can a president make?

America and the World

Is there a cure for poverty?

Democracy

When should we intervene?

How many immigrants should we let in?

Coming to terms with globalization