Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Dear Dr. Dollar: Why the Shift from Production to Speculation?
Why has our economy switched so greatly away from manufacturing that produces real goods and services that provide real value and towards speculative, financial activity--everything from mergers and acquisitions to derivatives, off-shore tax shelters, and other scams? --Glen W. Spielbauer, Dallas,
David Cay Johnston at the JP Forum, Tuesday 4/15
Please join us this Tuesday, April 15th for a Tax Day talk by David Cay Johnston: "Taxes and Inequality:
Congressman Bill Foster Explains Why Middle Class Tax Cuts Lead to Economic Growth
[Bill Foster (IL-11) says it better than I could myself—Polly] Washington, DC, Friday, April 4, 2014 – Today, Congressman Bill
New Issue!
(You may have noticed some problems with the blog--several of the posts from earlier this year have strangely disappeared. I
Obama's Pacific Deal Would Deepen Income Divide
"Those at the top have never done better," President Obama ruefully acknowledged in his January 28 State of
Assessing Those CBO Numbers on the Minimum Wage
Many supporters of an increase in the minimum wage viewed projections of job loss in the recent report from the
The Rise of the Gig Economy
Growing numbers of Americans no longer hold a regular "job" with a long-term connection to a particular business.
Full-Page NYT Ad Against Proponents of Wage Hike
In a full-page ad in Thursday's New York Times, the Employment Policies Institute urged readers to "take
Increasing the Minimum Wage Can Actually Create Jobs—If It's Enforced
Back when I first studied economics, we “proved” in class that a minimum wage causes unemployment. You just draw supply
New Issue!
Our January/February issue is (finally) out. We had already been posting articles (it's the layout that takes
New Year links, and a joke
A New Year's joke: First person: "Happy 2015!" Second person: "Don't you mean