Recently my favorite blogger, Derek Thompson of The Atlantic, cited the commonly-heard statistic that women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn and asked his readers to answer a simple question: “Is the U.S. Economy Sexist?”
Thompson helpfully pulled together some of the most insightful answers from his comment section, but after reading through all of them, I’m left feeling even more bewildered. Does the pay gap really exist, and if it does, should it matter? Continue reading