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.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Travel break

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I'm on the road for a few days, so no new posts for just a bit. Like Middle Class Political Economist on Facebook for links to important...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Eleven Richest Americans Have All Received Government Subsidies

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A new report by Good Jobs First shows how the very wealthy in America have benefited from government subsidies as one element in building th...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Basics: The German Euro is Undervalued

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I keep telling people that the German euro is undervalued, but some folks seem not to believe me. (See the comments section from this post ...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

November Tax-Cast Highlights Lux-Leak, Kenya, Ukraine

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So much tax justice news this month that the usually 20 minute podcast runs just shy of 30 minutes. The International Consortium of Investig...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Tax haven benefits are not investment incentives

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Tim Worstall at Forbes takes issue with my last post , claiming that we actually don't know that U.S. state and local governments give...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

UPDATED AND CORRECTED: Further proof that the U.S. uses incentives more than the EU

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As if any more proof were needed, I recently came across yet more evidence that U.S. state and local governments give far more in location i...
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...
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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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