Middle Class Political Economist

I grew up in a middle-class family, the first to go to college full-time and the first to earn a Ph.D. The economic policies of the last 40 years have reduced the middle class's security, and this blog is a small contribution to reversing that.

Monday, June 8, 2020

Oops! Swedish head epidemiologist "admits mistakes"

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Thanks to a non-blogging friend, I found this article from Bloomberg (my quote is from the Bloomberg headline) about Anders Tegnell, the ep...

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

40,000+ US COVID-19 deaths in May; Swedish model looking ever worse

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May brought no solace to the world, or to conservative claims about COVID-19. Another 40,000 deaths in the United States put the lie to Trum...

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Department of "Justice" Moves to Drop Case Against Flynn

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Talking Points Memo , and I'm sure every other news organization in the country, is reporting the bombshell move by the Bill Barr DOJ to...

Friday, May 1, 2020

US has 9th* worst COVID-19 death rate in the world: WTH is Trump thinking? UPDATED

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In a press conference on Thursday, April 30, the head of the illegitimate Trump regime said, "Our death totals, our numbers, per milli...

Friday, April 17, 2020

Comparative Responses to the Economic Aspects of the Crisis Show Many Drawbacks in USA

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The global COVID-19 pandemic has created an associated economic crisis as many businesses have been forced to close because of lac...

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Kenneth Thomas: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Fellow, Good Jobs First. Author of Competing for Capital: Europe and North America in a Global Era (Georgetown University Press, 2000) and Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital (Palgrave, 2011). Available for research, consulting, and expert testimony. All opinions expressed are my own and not my employers'.

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