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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Basel; Older Workers; Mott's Strike; IMF
(1) Basel III Underwhelms. Global banking regulators came out with new rules on Sunday, mostly regarding capital reserves. Here'
A Plan B for Obama; Education Bubble
(1) What we would like Obama to do: From Thomas Palley's contribution to Martin Wolf's Economists&
Immigrants Build the U.S. Economy
Just one item today, in preparation for Labor Day--a nice post from Mark Engler's blog over at
New Issue, Lump of Labor, etc.
(1) 2010 Annual Labor Issue: This year's annual labor issue has printed and will ship out today or
The Fall and Rise of Hotel Worker Unionism
A review of Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes A Movement by Julius Getman (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010).
Same Output + Fewer Hours = Economic Crisis?
Today's economic crisis is less about the quantity of output than the distribution of income and leisure.
We Need a (Green) Jobs Program
Clean-energy investment would promote job growth for a wide swath of the U.S. workforce.
Why the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Many times I have read (in writings by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, for example) or
Magic Mushrooms
It had been a rainy summer in Colorado. No surprise to find mushrooms as we hiked the Andrews Glacier trail
Income Inequality and Financial Crises, NYT, Aug 21
A New York Times article by Louise Story asks, "Do widening gaps between rich and poor necessarily lead to
Unemployment, Austerity, Stimulus
[N.B.: First three items by our fabulous summer intern Elizabeth Murphy, who also chose this post's Possibly