Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
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Full-Page NYT Ad Against Proponents of Wage Hike
In a full-page ad in Thursday's New York Times, the Employment Policies Institute urged readers to "take
Increasing the Minimum Wage Can Actually Create Jobs—If It's Enforced
Back when I first studied economics, we “proved” in class that a minimum wage causes unemployment. You just draw supply
New Issue!
Our January/February issue is (finally) out. We had already been posting articles (it's the layout that takes
New Year links, and a joke
A New Year's joke: First person: "Happy 2015!" Second person: "Don't you mean
Rakoff on "Willful Blindness" and other links
This and that before I leave town. (1) Judge Rakoff Excoriates Justice Dept. on Failure to Prosecute Banksters: * Jed S.
Illinois’s New Class-Based Pension Math
Having boxed themselves into a political dead-end by adopting the austerity agenda of the business community as represented by the
Detroit Bankruptcy and Pensions
I just posted a piece Katherine Sciacchitano wrote for us about pensions and Detroit's bankruptcy, The Pension-Busters'
New Issue! Plus links.
(1) New Issue! Our November/December 2013 issue is finally done (sent to the printers and to e-subscribers, anyhow). Here
Will the Chilean People Save the U.S. by Electing Michelle Bachelet?
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The Department of Justice’s Willful Blindness to the Willful Blindness of CEOs
.Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. The best thing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could do immediately to restore faith
The U.S. Attorney Who Prosecutes JPMorgan Will Be Its First Witness
.Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives.. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California is Benjamin Wagner. From the
What If Chained CPI Had Been Used to Calculate COLAs Since 2002?
(I have been meaning to post Lou Reed's "Strawman." My favorite line: "Does anybody need