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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2022 Annual Labor Issue
Our May/June 2022 issue--our Annual Labor Issue--is at the printers, and we'll send the pdf out to
Power, Wages, and Inequality
A recent government report has an unexpected focus--power in the workplace.
Shut Up and Work! "Free" Labor and Unequal Freedom of Expression
Unionization drives at Amazon warehouses and Starbucks locations have attracted months of national media attention. During 2021 workers and union
The Last Tour Guide to Leave Cuba
By Polly Cleveland Mike in hand, our tour guide stands at the front of the bus. “This will be my
New Issue!
Our March/April 2022 issue is at the printers and the digital version is poised to be sent to e-subscribers.
Solving the Climate Crisis with Nuclear Energy Won't Work
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is--as of this writing, in late March--an ongoing calamity. As of now, it is
Dear Dr. Dollar: Corporate Taxes: Less, Less, and Less
It seems that corporations say they need low taxes in order to do research, innovate, invest, and remain competitive. Why not take them at their word and offer them low taxes on specific terms? Say, a 10% tax on before-tax profits that are used for research, capital investment, workforce development
Ukraine: What Will Be Done and What Should Be Done?
By Thomas Palley Reposted from the author's blog, Economics for Democratic and Open Societies. The inevitable has happened.
Asking the Right Questions about the Robinhood/GameStop Meme-Stock Mania
By John Summa Reposted from the author's blog, Dead End Economics. In The Great Crash: 1929, John Kenneth