The 2013 Sveriges Riksbank ("Nobel") Prize, New Economy Week, etc.
(1) New Economy Week: It's New Economy Week! Sponsored by the New Economics Institute. I have just two
Shutdown and Debt Limit, Yellen, etc.
(1) Letter from a Braves Fan to His Republican Congressman: See above--this came from NBC Sports Hardball Talk, and was
Cruz and Goldman Sachs, Pew and Pensions, etc.
(1) Ted Cruz and Goldman Sachs: Hat-tip to TM--apparently Ted Cruz, who is fulminating and filibustering against Obamacare, and who
Annual Labor Issue Posted
We are finally done (mostly) with our September/October issue. (We won't be sending it to e-subscribers until
Labor Day Roundup
A few links for Labor Day (but for the real labor day, see our May Day post): * Look for the
King, Where Are Your People Now
. (1) March on Washington anniversary: A few items on today's 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
Quick Links
A few quick links before the weekend: * The New York Times had a good piece by Steven Greenhouse on the
Krugman on Kalecki ... and Marx
If you read the interview with Bob Pollin in our current issue, Beyond Debt and Growth, then you saw the
Frackonomics, etc.
. (1) Frackonomics: We've posted our July/August cover story, Frackonomics: The Science and Economics of the Gas Boom,
Fast-Food Workers, Ethics, and More on Detroit
(1) Fast-Food Workers Strike: I posted the other day about the campaign to embarrass McDonald's about its low
Obama Speech, Detroit, McDonald's
(1) Obama's Knox College Speech: Today's post will be brief, because it's Friday afternoon.
The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Microeconomics, by Rod Hill and Tony Myatt
It was the perfect “natural experiment:” in April 1992, New Jersey’s minimum-wage was scheduled to rise from $4.25