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.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Kabuki Theater Probably Won't Shake Up NY Fed

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Via @MarkThoma, Simon Johnson reports that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has called (very diplomatically, of course) for JP Morgan Chase ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Another Romney/Bain Firm Got Subsidies (Then Closed a Plant)

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The Tampa Bay Times reports (via Jed Lewison ) that another Bain-owned company, Dade Behring, was a recipient of $7.1 million in subsidies...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Colorado Governor Hickenlooper Vetoes Sales Tax TIF Expansion

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Leigh McIlvaine at Clawback reports that Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has vetoed SB 124, a bill that would have expanded the use of ...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Obama Campaign Maps Romney's Tax Havens, (Almost) No One Notices

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If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, did it really happen? That's what you've got to wonder in the wake of this w...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Austerity fail: EU unemployment continues to rise: UPDATED

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Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, reports that unemployment continues to worsen in the Eurozone, adding further eviden...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Living Wage Law Passes in New York City

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On Monday, New York's City Council passed a living wage ordinance, reports Good Jobs New York's Bettina Damiani . The 45-5 vote mean...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

Whiny Apple Pioneered Avoidance Strategies, Books Fictional Tax Rates

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If you haven't yet seen The New York Times article on Apple , go read it. I'll wait. It's a blockbuster. As I wrote last mont...
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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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