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, May 12, 2015

TPP blocked, at least for now

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Breaking news: The United States Senate failed to end a filibuster on giving the President fast-track negotiating authority for the Trans-P...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Why subsidize data centers?

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A number of authors ( Good Jobs First , David Cay Johnston , me , and me , among others) have pointed out that data centers (aka server farm...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Moving the goal posts on ACA success UPDATED

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Right. So the the same day that I posted about the substantial fall in the uninsured rate for adults that we have seen since Obamacare went...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Oh, look! The uninsured rate fell again!

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As any conservative can tell you, Obamacare is a job-killing "train wreck." Not only is it a job killer, there is no way that it ...
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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Good Jobs First reveals top federal subsidy recipients: Subsidy Tracker 3.0

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Slow to be getting to this, but I have to come back to such a major development. Good Jobs First, a national non-profit best known for its w...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Wikileaks Releases Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Chapter

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Via Daily Kos , we learn that Wikileaks has released the investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is a critical chap...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

More evidence low taxes didn't create the Celtic Tiger

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The Tax Justice Network has just inaugurated a new blog, Fools' Gold . It just came out with an excellent piece on taxes and Irish econo...
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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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