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.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Andrew Cuomo Reinvents the Enterprise Zone. Why?

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Via @WNYPlanner, we learn that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed "Tax-Free New York," a plan that would let any busines...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

First-Ever Report on Local Subsidy Transparency Released

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Today, Good Jobs First released the first-ever report ( report , press release ) on local subsidy transparency in the United States, "S...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

"Libertarian" Koch Brothers Have Taken Tens of Millions in Subsidies UPDATED

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The Cato Institute, originally the Charles Koch Foundation , is one of the most influential libertarian think tanks in the country. With bot...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Mississippi Sets a Record for Unreported Subsidies

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As I have written before , when states announce a major new investment, it is far more likely that the announced subsidy is an underestimate...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Four Easy Fixes for Corporate Taxation

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Everyone "knows" that the corporate income tax is a mess. Ask any company. They pay too much in corporate income tax, face rates h...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

My appearance on "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann

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Here is a link for my appearance on Thom Hartmann last night. One of the things brought up was a new study by the Institute for Policy S...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Appearing tonight on "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann

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I will be talking austerity tonight with Thom Hartmann on his show, "The Big Picture." The program reaches 50 million homes in th...
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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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