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.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Amazon Wins!!!

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Well, what did you expect? With 238 entrants and 20 finalists, the Amazon HQ2 location tournament resulted in a resounding victory for Amazo...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

New article on tax increment financing in Missouri shows impact of KS/MO border war

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After several years of work, my colleague Susan G. Mason (Boise State University) and I have published a new article on TIF in Missouri, spe...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Great new Tax Justice Network podcast on how "Bean Counters...Broke Capitalism"

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The June 28 Taxcast is out with a focus on the Big Four accounting firms. Richard Brooks is the author of Bean Counters: The triumph of the ...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Shock EU Court Decision Strikes Blow Against Investment Arbitration

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With all the dreary news we've seen this week, could you stand some good news? The battle against investor-state dispute settlement (ISD...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Amazon scores two more $5+ billion bids

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A non-blogging friend points me to the announcement today of Maryland's subsidy bid that puts Montgomery County into one of the 20 fina...
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Friday, January 19, 2018

Amazon moves closer to breaking the bank with "HQ2"

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Yesterday (Jan. 18), Amazon announced the 20 finalists for its "HQ2" project, that will supposedly create a second headquarters (...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Now Amazon wants to break the bank UPDATED

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On Thursday (October 19), the first stage of the Amazon sweepstakes for a second headquarters, dubbed "HQ2," was completed as cit...
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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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