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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The Euro “Recovery” in Real Time (in Case You Missed It)
If you read the Financial Times on 2 May, you learned that at long last recovery gathered pace among the
Monday Links
I have had a rocky start with my intention to post links every Monday--I missed last week, but I&
“Free Trade” and Jobs
It’s easy to forget, decades into the era of neoliberal economic policies and “free trade” agreements, that these policies
Picketing Wealth Inequality
Review of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Picketty. Harvard University Press, 2014.
Climate Policy as Wealth Creation
A "cap and dividend" policy would embody the principle that we all own the earth's resources in equal and common measure.
The Minimum Wage and Inflation
Dear Dr. Dollar: Would an increase of the minimum wage be inflationary? Would more inflation than we have now be
What Happened to the Recovery?
Part I: Weak Employment, Stagnant Wages, and Booming Profits The 2007-2010 recession was the longest and deepest since World
Taming the Corporate Beast
Even business leaders are now calling for corporate reform, but most of the measures on offer are little more than cosmetic.
Report on Working Families Summit, Plus One More Link
(1) Tim Koechlin, "Inequality and the Case for Unions." In my Monday Links post, I meant to include
Monday Links
(1) Bill Barclay: Reproduction, Production, and the Gender Division of Labor. An excellent piece by Bill Barclay of the Chicago
The Mouse That Wouldn't Die: How a Lack of Public Funding Holds Back a Promising Cancer Treatment
Spring 1999. “Professor Cui, this mouse didn’t get cancer. Should I get rid of him?” It was a standard