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, September 20, 2014

Irish Austerity Exodus Lingers On

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August brings us the annual Irish immigration data, so it's time to look at what has happened in their statistical reporting "year...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Tesla Deal Even Worse Than First Thought

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Via an email from Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First , we learn that the Tesla deal, as enacted by the Nevada Legislature , is even worse than an...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Understanding Piketty, part 5 (conclusion)

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Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century  is the first book to make a data-driven examination of economic inequality. Based ...
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Friday, September 5, 2014

Nevada is Biggest Loser of Tesla Auction UPDATED

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On September 4, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced that electric car-maker Tesla had chosen Nevada for the location of its much sough...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Chess Break

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I am playing in a strong chess tournament, so no posts until after Labor Day. Have a great holiday weekend!
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Understanding Piketty, part 4

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We now come to the exciting conclusion of Thomas Piketty's monumental work, Capital in the Twenty-First Century . This is not an exagger...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Understanding Piketty, part 3

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Part 3 of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the longest section of the book (230 pages out of 577), providing his...
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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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