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.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Real Wages Rise Slightly but Remain below Peak for 41st Straight Year

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Remember the Economic Report of the President ? If you've been reading this blog for at least a year, of course you do. It's where w...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

RIP BartCop

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I'm a little late on this, but I would be remiss if I did not mention the recent death of Terry Coppage, aka BartCop . Bart died March 5...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Hawaii Cuts Uninsured Population in Half

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In case you haven't seen Charles Gaba's great website ACAsignups.net , you really need to see it. It is the best source available fo...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Surprise! Most Subsidies Go to Big Business

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A new Good Jobs First study confirms what many of us have long suspected: Most subsidies go to big companies. For the first time, though, w...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The CBO Whiffs on the Minimum Wage

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The Congressional Budget Office has just issued a report on the minimum wage that is a real head-scratcher. Analyzing proposals to raise th...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Show Me the (Subsidy) Spreadsheets!

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Good Jobs First's new report , Show Us the Subsidized Jobs , is its third assessment of state subsidy transparency, following up on repo...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Obamacare Roundup: Great enrollments for Wellpoint; "Bette from Spokane" debunked

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Via Joan McCarter , we learn that Wellpoint , which runs a number of for-profit Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance plans, reported on an inves...
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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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