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The Federal Reserve Raising Interest Rates Is Unwelcome and Unnecessary
By Thomas Palley Cross-posted from the AFL-CIO economy blog. Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates
The Democratic Party’s “Centrist” Leaders Remain Clueless
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. On December 10, 2016, a New York Times article entitled “Democrats
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Not Austerity
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. Bob Rubin and Alan Greenspan convinced the New Democrats, over a
Krugman’s Failure to Speak Truth to Power about Austerity
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. In the first column in this series I explained how Hillary
Hillary’s Threat to Wage Continuous War on the Working Class via Austerity Proved Fatal
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. I’ve come back recently from Kilkenny, Ireland where I participated
The Economic Consequences of Donald Trump
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. Economic consequences A lot has been said already. For me, this
The Liberals Didn’t Listen: The Immense Cost of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
By William K. Black Cross-posted with New Economic Perspectives. November 8, 2016 Kansas City, MO I am writing this article
New Issue!
Our November/December 2016 issue is out! I just posted the cover story, Jerry Friedman's Nativism: As American
European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis
Part 2: The Rise of the Third Way(Click for Pt. 1: Monetary Union and Fiscal Disunion.)
Taxing the Wealthy and the Art of Sophistry
[Trump] would collapse the individual income tax brackets from seven to three, with rates of 12%, 25% and 33%. ... The
Nativism: As American as (Rotten) Apple Pie
[W]hy should the Palatine Boors be suffered to swarm into our settlements, and by herding together establish their languages
Prospects for the Spanish Left
They are beautiful sights, the public squares of Madrid--open spaces, lush gardens, and sparkling fountains, all surrounded by striking architecture