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, March 27, 2020

3.3 Million!! and other dubious records for the USA

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I for one am getting tired of all the "winning" under the illegitimate Trump regime. Today (March 26) we hit two milestones, neith...
Saturday, March 7, 2020

Did I say "dictatorship"?

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Did I say " dictatorship "? Don't believe it's true? Here is some more evidence for those with open eyes. The New York T...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

PBS "Frontline" episode analyzes Amazon, including HQ2

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The PBS series "Frontline" on February 18 broadcast a nearly two-hour investigation of Amazon, " Amazon Empire : The Rise and...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Wow! Boeing asks for end of Washington State subsidies UPDATED X 2

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The New York Times is reporting that Boeing Corporation has requested that the state of Washington stop providing it with tax breaks that ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The dictatorship is here

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Under cover of the New Hampshire primary, on February 11, 2020, the illegitimate Trump regime's Attorney General, William Barr, put an e...
Friday, August 2, 2019

First-ever binding end to a border war: Missouri-Kansas UPDATED

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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has just signed an executive order that prohibits state subsidies being used to move existing Missouri firms in ...
Monday, June 24, 2019

New article in Shelterforce highlights EU state aid rules

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Greg LeRoy and I have written an article at Shelterforce explaining the basics of the European Union's rules governing subsidies, or ...
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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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