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Monday Links
Just three links this week: (1) Mark Karlin, The End Game of Shutting Off Residential Water in Detroit Is a
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 2
Part II: The Neoclassical Response to the Classical Theories of Inequality and Growth Mason Gaffney has shown how many individuals
The Supreme Court’s Supremely Inconsistent Same-Day Decisions
Originally posted at the website of the Chicago Political Economy Group (CPEG). Let me get this right. An association of
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 1
In Thomas Piketty’s doomsday model, slowing of growth in the twenty-first century will cause an inexorable increase in inequality.
Monday Links
(1) Esther Kaplan, Losing Sparta: the Bitter Truth Behind the Gospel of Productivity. This is a must-read piece that came
The Euro “Recovery” in Real Time (in Case You Missed It)
If you read the Financial Times on 2 May, you learned that at long last recovery gathered pace among the
Monday Links
I have had a rocky start with my intention to post links every Monday--I missed last week, but I'
Report on Working Families Summit, Plus One More Link
(1) Tim Koechlin, "Inequality and the Case for Unions." In my Monday Links post, I meant to include
Monday Links
(1) Bill Barclay: Reproduction, Production, and the Gender Division of Labor. An excellent piece by Bill Barclay of the Chicago
The Mouse That Wouldn't Die: How a Lack of Public Funding Holds Back a Promising Cancer Treatment
Spring 1999. “Professor Cui, this mouse didn’t get cancer. Should I get rid of him?” It was a standard
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. IV
To summarize the argument of Capital thus far, Piketty has found that over long stretches of time and in many
After the Vote: Results of the European Parliament Elections
Above--an image from Wilders' Best Friends Forever, which makes posters displaying reactionary and/or racist quotations from people allied