What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?
As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.
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How important is Citizens United?
Dear Dr. Dollar: People in the Occupy movement and many others are quite concerned about “corporate personhood,” and especially about the Citizens United decision. Did that Supreme Court decision in fact make a crucial difference with regard to the role of money in elections?
Women and Work in the News
Our current cover story, Different Anti-Poverty Programs, Same Single-Mother Poverty, by long-time D&S author and UMass-Boston economist Randy
Manifesto of the Appalled Economists; etc.
(1) Manifesto of the Appalled Economists: Hat-tip to David Barkin for the link to the English translation (which has apparently
The Davos Class, Greenway, Romney's taxes, etc.
I resolve to try, in 2012, to do more posts with fewer items. But here's a link dump
New Issue, plus Various Occupy Links
(Hat-tip to Jenny B. for today's potentially irrelevant image.) (1) New Issue! Our Jan/Feb 2012 issue is
ASSA/AEA Protests; Repubs on Bain; Davidson
(1) ASSA/AEA Protests: I apologize for the delay posting--I was in Chicago for the annual meetings of the Allied
Why the United States Is Not Greece
Even for those who understand that cutting deficits right now will only weaken a still-fragile recovery, and that weakening the recovery will only increase deficits, getting past the argument that "a eurozone crisis is on its way" is no easy task. Here is a self-defense lesson.
The Great Recession in Black Wealth
White wealth reaches historic high of twenty times black wealth.
The "Miami Model" and Bahrain; Europe; Walker
(1) Timoney and Bahrain: (Note today's possibly irrelevant image--can't remember where I downloaded it, but it