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, July 11, 2012

One Year Anniversary

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of Middle Class Political Economist. Depending on whether you believe Google Blogger or Google Analyt...
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Monday, July 9, 2012

Alabama's Airbus Subsidy Eerily Reminiscent of Auto "Transplants"

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The July 2 announcement that Airbus would begin assembly of its A-320 airliner in Mobile, Alabama, may be good for Alabama, but whether it...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

What is Mitt Romney Hiding? UPDATED

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Mitt Romney has so far released only one year of tax returns (2010), plus an estimate for 2011. This stands in stark contrast to his father...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Health Insurance Rebates Show How Bad Insurers and State Regulators Can Be

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Thursday's health care ruling was a surprising victory for the middle class. I went to bed Wednesday dreading waking up, only to be awak...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Lost Output Over $3 Trillion And Rising

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Still traveling, so just a quick post, but this really can't be emphasized enough. Andrew Fieldhouse at the Economic Policy Institute re...
Friday, June 22, 2012

Why Not Infrastructure Spending?

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Why are we not doing infrastructure spending today? Here's what the federal government started in the midst of the Great Depression: ...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Why the World Should Care About America's Middle Class

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Tim Worstall , in his Forbes blog, attacks my series ( here and here ) on whether globalization is good for America's middle class. No...
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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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