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.
(Sorry--no picture today--the post is already too long, and there are two embedded videos. Even if you skim, though, please
Brad DeLong posted these very interesting excerpts from Ron Suskind's new book Confidence Men on his blog: Maybe
Gene Sharp Biopic: This Sunday at the Boston Film Festival is the Boston premier of a biopic about Gene Sharp,
(1) Rank-and-File Economics: I have just posted the cover story from our Sept/Oct 2011 Annual Labor Issue, Rank-and-File Economics:
(1) Annual Labor Issue! Our September/October 2011 issue has been printed and is shipping out now. E-subscribers have already
(1) Shameless Plug: We are almost done with our summer online fundraiser--thanks to everyone who's contributed so far!
This is going to be a quick series of links--it's a beautiful day out and I want to
(1) BLS July Jobs Report: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Situation Summary today, and it is pretty
(1) Debt Deal as a "Satan Sandwich": As Vishay Prashad reports in a good article on the debt
(1) Fortress Europe and Europeans Against Multiculturalism: A couple of links relevant to the atrocious attack last Friday in Norway,
A Call from Mike-Frank Epitropoulos: Mike Epitropoulos, author of Greece as a Demonstration Project (Dollars & Sense, May/June 2010)
(1) Laffer's Latest Curve-ball: Subscriber Kris W. alerted us that the dumb op-ed Arthur Laffer co-wrote for the