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.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

New study casts more doubt on data center subsidies

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A new report by Good Jobs First confirms what has been long-suspected: Data center megadeals of over $50 million in subsidies create very ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

That's what I'm talkin' about! (Ireland)

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I have argued many times (most directly here ) that, contrary to the claims of nearly all Irish policymakers, low taxes are not what makes t...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

European Commission orders Apple to repay Ireland $14.5 billion in illegal tax benefits

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Today the European Commission slapped down tax avoiding Apple and low-road economic developer Ireland with a $14.5 billion state aid repay...

Mike Pence subsidizes offshorers

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The Indianapolis Star reports (h/t Greg LeRoy) that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), which is headed by Governor/Vice-...
Friday, July 22, 2016

A bet with Tim Worstall on Apple's state aid repayment

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Tim Worstall , a contributor at the Forbes Magazine website, wrote a column Thursday wherein he challenges all comers to a bet on the outc...
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Sunday, July 17, 2016

We will soon know if Apple is ordered to pay billions in EU state aid case UPDATED

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$19 billion? $8 billion? A few hundred million? Estimates are all over the map regarding the European Commission's imminent decision on...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

New book on investment incentives will help shape policies debates for years to come

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This past week I received my chapter author's copy of a new book from Columbia University Press, Rethinking Investment Incentives: Tren...
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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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