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, September 2, 2011

Inflation is Neither as Boring Nor as Simple as it Seems

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One nice thing about Dean Baker's new book, The End of Loser Liberalism , is that it puts the Federal Reserve Bank and inflation un...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Link to liveblog and video of yesterday's talk in Raleigh

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One of the sponsors of my talk yesterday, NC Policy Watch, put up a liveblog and video from the event. The volume is a little low, so you wi...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Speaking in Raleigh on Wednesday

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Wednesday I'll be speaking at noon in Raleigh, NC, as part of North Carolina Policy Watch's " Crucial Conversations " seri...
Monday, August 29, 2011

$11 million per job? Is that even possible?

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The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that Sempra Energy received $55 million in federal tax credits and state incentives to build its 48-me...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Is Rick Perry Trying to Make Himself Unelectable?

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A couple of great catches this weekend from Think Progress . Rick Perry is campaigning in Iowa calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” and...
Friday, August 26, 2011

A Different View of State Employment Performance

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In light of the recently released Goldman Sachs study on comparative state performance during the recession (h/t Michael Leachman; no link...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Texas Unemployment Worsening Relative to National Average

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Michael Leachman at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a new post up today on why some state economies have weathered the re...
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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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