The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
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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
Robert Pollin: Beyond Debt and Growth
Our July/August issue is almost out; we will be sending out the electronic version to e-subscribers early next week,
NYT Sneers at MMT, etc.
This one is for the demise of (part of) DOMA; hat-tip to Patrick C. (New Hope Church is an actual
Links and Updates
Today I will do things in twos: (1) Two new articles: * Banking on the Public, by Abby Scher, a report-back
Polly Cleveland: It Takes Government to Create Markets
When the US Army blasted into Baghdad in 2003, expelling Saddam’s Baathist regime, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expected “free
Links and Updates
(1) Coming soon--Interview with Bob Pollin: Today's image is a lovely drawing of Polish macroeconomist Michal Kalecki, by
NSA, Greenwald, Snowden
. (1) Watch the interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, by journalist (not mere "blogger," NYT!) and filmmaker Laura
Links and Upcoming Articles
(1) Wall Street Real Estate Buying Spree: You heard it from us first in our March/April cover story by
Left Forum 2013, June 7-9, NYC
Left Form 2013: We hope lots of people go to this year's Left Forum, now being held in