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, April 24, 2013

Reinhart/Rogoff Gets the Colbert Treatment

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Via Paul Krugman , Steven Colbert takes on Reinhart and Rogoff. Also be sure to check out his interview with Thomas Herndon .

German tax enforcement paying dividends

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I have long advocated that the United States should follow Germany's example of aggressive pursuit of tax evasion, in particular its pra...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports

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I now have a column at the US News and World Reports " Economic Intelligence " blog. I will be covering issues of interest to the ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Breaking: Reinhart/Rogoff Shot Full of Holes UPDATED X3

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This story is rapidly making the rounds in the blogosphere today, and it is indeed a big deal. One of the most significant economics papers...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Good News on Tax Havens

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The mega-research project on tax havens I told you about in November has borne its first fruit. In a data dump 160 times the size of that ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

How High Does Senior Poverty Have to Go?

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It's official: President Obama has proposed cutting Social Security by replacing the program's current inflation adjustment with th...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Trans Pacific Partnership Bad for the Middle Class: Just How Bad is the Question

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What you don't know can hurt you. I think that's a clear lesson of some so-called trade agreements the United States has signed over...
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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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