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, January 11, 2013

Poll Results: 1 in 4 Never Expects to be Able to Afford to Retire

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Thanks to everyone who answered the poll on when you have or expect to be able to retire. The biggest takeaway is that 1 in 4 never expect t...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

The "Fiscal Cliff" and the Coming Retirement Crisis of the Middle Class

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On January 1, Congress approved a tax and spending bill to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" combination of tax hikes and spendin...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Surprise! Facebook Avoids its European Taxes

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If you are as cynical as I am, I know you are not surprised that Facebook paid Irish taxes (via Tax Justice Network ) of about $4.64 millio...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Conservative ALEC Economic Policies Have No Benefit, Some Risks, for States

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The economic policies proposed for states by the conservative American Legislative Council Exchange (ALEC) not only don't work, but carr...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Suppression of Congressional Research Service Report Reversed

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Just as quietly as it happened , the Republican suppression of a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report showing the lack of relationshi...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Appearing on National Progressive Talk Radio Tonight

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Sorry for the short notice, but I will be on Lane Prophet's live call-in show on National Progressive Talk Radio at 9pm Eastern/6pm Paci...

NYT Series Illuminates -- And Confuses -- The State of the Subsidy Wars

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Louise Story's series in the New York Times this week has created a substantial buzz about the issue of economic development subsidies....
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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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