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, January 27, 2015

What is Noah thinking? Part 2

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Noah Smith has replied to my recent post criticizing his use of median household income to measure middle class living standards. He rais...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Greece may be first head-on challenge to Eurozone austerity

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Yesterday Greece elected a new anti-austerity party, Syriza, to lead its next government. New prime minister Alexis Tsipras has pledged to ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

What is Noah thinking?

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Noah Smith put up a post Sunday purporting to show that things aren't so bad for the middle class. Then he immediately shows us a chart...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

My GASB Comments

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Well, I should have taken my own advice and not waited until the last minute to submit my own comments on the proposed standards for govern...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

New Social Security Crisis Set for 2016

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The House Republicans, in their eagerness to find a way to cut Social Security benefits, on Tuesday passed a new rule preventing the reallo...
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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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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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