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, September 26, 2012

Mitt Romney's Unintentionally Hilarious Tax Return FAQ

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Unless you've been in a coma, you have certainly heard about Mitt Romney's release of his 2011 tax returns last Friday. You no doubt...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Every State's State/Local Tax System Taxes the Poor More than the Wealthy--And All Exceed Federal Taxes

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A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that in every state in the country, the bottom 20% of househol...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

More New Books Highlight Plight of Middle Class

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The situation of the middle class is a hot topic these days, and rightly so. In addition to James Carville and Stan Greenberg's recent b...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

UBS Whistleblower's Award Reminds Us Romneys Banked at UBS

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Yesterday, the lawyers for Bradley Birkenfeld , the whistleblower in the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) tax evasion case, announced that he...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Labor Day: U.S. Wages Trail 10 OECD Countries, but with Higher Unemployment than 9 of Them

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Contra Eric Cantor , Labor Day celebrates the importance of labor and the labor movement in American history. But the bluster of Cantor, whe...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Hilarious twist on "You didn't build that!" UPDATED

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The Atlantic Wire (via @NoBigGovDuh) has a great story on the dishonesty of Mitt Romney's "You didn't build that" ads. It...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Lid Blowing Off Romney Tax Secrecy

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Gawker (via Eman at Daily Kos) dropped a bombshell yesterday when it released over 950 pages of confidential documents from 21 Bain Capita...
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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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