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What Drives the War on Drugs?

First it was the Dominican limo  driver, who disappeared while driving a client upstate. When my husband  extracted him from

Can Killing Government Prevent Special Interest Capture?

In my last post on meat markets and securities markets,   I argued that competitive markets require government oversight to   prevent

Europe Slumming, foreclosure rulings, etc.

(Click on the image above--it is from a very interesting exhibit from 2005.) (1) Europe Slumming It: Last month

Seniors, Students, and Who "Creates Jobs"

(1)  Seniors: Hat-tip to regular blog reader TM for alerting us to an op-ed by WashPo economics blah-

Blog is back up; Right targets NLRB

A quick post, now that the blog is back up.  (Thanks to D&S subscriber and WordPress expert Shaun

New Issue; Bill Black on Le Show

(1) May/June issue in the mail: E-subscribers have received their May/June issue, and print subscribers should be

Inside the Subrime Monster

A review of The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America—and Spawned a

Tax Cuts Cureall

No Fooling—Corporations Evade Taxes

>What the Top U.S. Companies Pay in Taxes Some of the world’s biggest, most profitable corporations enjoy

Teachers, Secretaries, and Social Workers: The New Welfare Moms?

Conservatives have had their sights on public-sector workers for a while and for good reason. Public-sector workers represent

Are Low Wages and Job Loss Inevitable?

Dear Dr. Dollar: The main narrative that I hear in mainstream press is that U.S. workers are being undercut

Right-wing attacks labor studies

We were outraged to learn about the recent attack on our friend and colleague Judy Ancel, by the unscrupulously malignant