Discusión sobre la relación negativa entre desigualdad y el movilidad social. Los últimos estudios realizados en los países de OECD y en los Estados Unidos aportan importantes elementos para analizar el deterioro de la movilidad social.

This Forum in the Boston Review deals with the role of economics in modern policymaking and presents a wide set of perspectives on the topic. The opening text by Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabriel Zucman aims to answer a range of common criticisms against the modern, neoclassical science of economics and its influence on public discussions.

In a changing world that has been shaken by economic, social, financial, and ecological crises, it becomes increasingly clear that new approaches to economics are needed for both theoretical and empirical research; for applied economics as well as policy advice.