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The Purloined Trillions

In 2009, stock owners, bankers, brokers, hedge-fund wizards, highly paid corporate executives, corporations, and mid-ranking managers pocketed—as

Teaching Economics, Big-Bank Style

The New York Times, citing results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (publicized as “The Nation’s Report Card”

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