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.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Almost all government layoffs are local, but could be paid for by cutting subsidies

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Sometimes I feel like a broken record , but it really can't be emphasized too often: state and local subsidies to business have noticeab...

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Monday, October 10, 2011

Great reporting in Albany highlights growing trend towards use of cash grants by states

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The Times-Union in Albany, New York, has a great series up on the $1.1 billion (present value) incentive package given to Global Foundri...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

UPDATE: $100 Million Incentives: US 25, EU 5

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Crowdsourcing works! In my last post on $100+ million incentive packages , I asked for your help in identifying any projects I had missed ei...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Job piracy in Canada, Australia, and the United States

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As I mentioned in August , my article "Regulating Investment Attraction: Canada's Code of Conduct in Comparative Perspective,"...

Thursday, September 29, 2011

$100 million Incentive Packages: US 13, EU 5. Have I Missed Any?

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I am reworking my list of the top 25 subsidy packages in the U.S. for a new article I'm working on. In my book, Investment Incentives an...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

What's Up with Political Math?

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Matthias Shapiro at Political Math made a big splash on August 16 with a post purporting to show that Texas had had the best employment reco...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Poll Results on Electrolux in Memphis

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Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll: How likely is it that Electrolux will be in Memphis in 15 years? Here are the results. 0-25%...

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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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