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, September 20, 2013

New Jersey Subsidies Get Even Worse

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As if New Jersey's subsidies weren't bad enough already , Leigh McIlvaine at Good Jobs First reports that the state has just passed...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

New Jersey Subsidies More Out of Control than Ever Under Christie

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I have written before how state and local subsidies are more out of control than ever, and more recently how the number and size of megadea...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

We're #194!

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I recently learned that a company called Onalytica calculates the influence of economics blogs, using the model of impact factors for academ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Republicans' "Market-Oriented" Health Care Reforms Won't Work, Part 2

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Last time we examined a common conservative "solution" to the country's health care problems, allowing insurance companies to...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Republicans' "Market-Oriented" Health Care Reforms Won't Work, Part 1

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This has been a week of Republicans saying they have actual ideas for replacing Obamacare, rather than just repealing it. The centerpiece ha...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Annals of Austerity FAIL, Eurozone Redux

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July 31 saw the latest release of European Union unemployment numbers, and Monday's gross domestic product figures brought no joy, espec...
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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Post on State and Local Subsidies at AlterNet

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I've written a piece for AlterNet that gives an overview of the issues at play with state and local subsidies, from the opportunity cost...
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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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