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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New Issue! Plus Links
(1) May/June Issue: We have sent our May/June issue to our e-subscribers, and we've sent
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
Palestine's Golden Oil
Underneath much of the Middle East lies the world's oil supply, which is pumped year-round to keep
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
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
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
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
The Great Recession in Black Wealth
White wealth reaches historic high of twenty times black wealth.
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.