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 17, 2012

Fortune 500 Deferring $433 Billion in Taxes

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According to a new report today from Citizens for Tax Justice, the 285 members of the Fortune 500 that have parked money overseas would owe...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

The Folly of Subsidizing Retail

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Next to giving subsidies for a company to relocate, or to prevent it from locating, the lease defensible common use of investment incentives...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

New Model Legislation Would be Great First Step Toward Subsidy Reform

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Yesterday, Good Jobs First released new model legislation to increase the transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of state and loca...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Romney Tax Plan as Budget Busting as Ever

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Seriously, I could just re-post my February 27th post word for word tonight and it would be just as true as it was then. The Romney tax pla...
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Monday, October 1, 2012

Conservative Refutation of Butler/Heritage Health Care Revisionism Continues

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The pile-on continues. As I discussed in February , Stuart Butler of the Heritage Foundation wrote a breath-taking op-ed in USA Today (via...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mitt Romney's Unintentionally Hilarious Tax Return FAQ

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Unless you've been in a coma, you have certainly heard about Mitt Romney's release of his 2011 tax returns last Friday. You no doubt...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Every State's State/Local Tax System Taxes the Poor More than the Wealthy--And All Exceed Federal Taxes

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A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that in every state in the country, the bottom 20% of househol...
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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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