Friday, January 6, 2012

Job Flight from Canada Highlights U.S. Inequality and Low Wages

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The fact that middle class living standards have been falling for decades is no secret. One way to put this in sharp relief, however, is thr...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

Show Me an Emergency Room that Provides Chemotherapy

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I don't usually post stuff I receive in fundraising emails, but the one I received from former Rep. Alan Grayson arrived at just the rig...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital

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The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment has just published my new article in its "FDI [foreign direct investm...
Friday, December 23, 2011

U.S. Health Not #1: Deconstructing Legatum Part 1

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As I reported on December 9 , the Legatum Prosperity Index claims that the U.S. ranks #1 in the world in health. Like Aaron Carroll , I find...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Democrats' Continued Caves Threaten Middle Class

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Via Mark Thoma , David Graham points out that Senate Democrats are caving in on an issue that looked won a week ago, the millionaire's t...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Good story at Atlantic Cities on Job Piracy

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Julie Irwin Zimmerman has a story at Atlantic Cities on job piracy , "The Folly or Corporate Relocation Incentives." She tells the...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Whatever Happened to John Kasich?

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Back in the 1990s, there was a Republican Congressman from Ohio named John Kasich who was a scourge on corporate subsidies. He even ran a ...