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.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Time to comment on the GASB standards!

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As I reported last month, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has proposed new rules that would require state and local govern...

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

How to deal with the growing incentives competition

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This article was originally published in the Columbia FDI Perspectives series of the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment , #131, Se...

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

October Tax-Cast Highlights Corporate Subsidies

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This month's Tax-Cast from the Tax Justice Network highlights several issues covered here recently. There is an interview with Greg LeRo...

Friday, October 17, 2014

U.S. Median Wealth Up from 27th to 25th

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Today Credit Suisse released its Global Wealth Databook 2014 to go along with the Global Wealth Report issued Monday. Global wealth hit an...

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Is Piketty wrong on British and Swedish wealth?

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Embarrassingly, I missed this reply by Tim Worstsall to my post "Understanding Piketty, part 1 ." My apologies to Mr. Worstall an...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

New Government Accounting Standards to Require Subsidy Disclosure

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In a move with potentially enormous implications, Good Jobs First reports that the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) will soon i...

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Boeing moving 2000 jobs from Washington state

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Via @BlogWood, I learned that Boeing is going to move 2000 skilled jobs away from Washington state, despite just receiving $8.7 billion (wi...

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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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