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.

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Champion Tax Avoider GE Gets Subsidized Relocation to Boston

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On Wednesday, General Electric announced that it was going to relocate its headquarters from Fairfield, Connecticut, to Boston beginning in...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Romney Gets Incoherent on Pre-Existing Conditions

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Mitt Romney was on the Jay Leno Show last night (via @didkins4life) and gave a completely incoherent account of whether people with pre-exi...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Romney Tax Plan Blows Hole in Budget, Remains Short on Specifics

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Mitt Romney unveiled his tax plan today, but it revealed few surprises except for surprisingly few specifics. Via Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes)...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Heritage Doubles Down on Individual Mandate Denialism

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As I reported in July , the Heritage Foundation has been bellowing against the Affordable Care Act despite the fact that the critical elemen...

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Kenneth Thomas: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis. 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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