When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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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
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.
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
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
Links and Updates
Today I will do things in twos: (1) Two new articles: * Banking on the Public, by Abby Scher, a report-
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,