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.

Friday, January 19, 2018

Amazon moves closer to breaking the bank with "HQ2"

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Yesterday (Jan. 18), Amazon announced the 20 finalists for its "HQ2" project, that will supposedly create a second headquarters (...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Now Amazon wants to break the bank UPDATED

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On Thursday (October 19), the first stage of the Amazon sweepstakes for a second headquarters, dubbed "HQ2," was completed as cit...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

Reports of Obamacare's death are greatly exaggerated: All counties to be covered for 2018

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Obamacare has now obtained an insurer for every county in the country, defying Republican claims that the program is collapsing. As reporte...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Why subsidize protectionism motivated foreign investors?

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The already infamous case of Foxconn in Wisconsin illustrates a dynamic we are likely to witness more before we are rid of the illegitimate...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Foxconn cashes in for $3 billion plus - analysis

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Foxconn hit the jackpot with Wisconsin on Wednesday, when CEO Terry Gou and Governor Scott Walker signed a memorandum of understanding for ...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Foxconn aims to break the bank

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While the head of the illegitimate Trump regime makes multiple headlines telling the New York Times that he is above the law , we have to r...
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Friday, July 7, 2017

Republicans help pass Illinois budget over Rauner's veto

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For the second time in as many months , legislative Republicans have turned on their Republican governor for his refusal to back tax increas...
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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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