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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Robert Fisk from the Independent: Mubarak tried – unbelievably – to placate his infuriated people with a promise to investigate the killings
According to Reuters and the New York Times, Mubarak is likely to step down later today. However, the recently appointed
(1) More Links on Egypt: I promised more links; here they are: —The latest from Middle East Report online, Into
The Superbowl is underway, and I'm rooting for the Packers, because they have no owner--or rather, as left
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(1) More from Polly Cleveland on Property Taxes: A couple of posts ago I complained about the New York Times&
To Save Essential Public Services, Restore the Original Wealth Tax! By Polly Cleveland, on January 17th, 2011 State and local
(1) Bill Black on Obama's Regulatory Review: I had to chuckle at the Times' headline about Obama&
Bill Black Is Everywhere: We just posted the feature article by Bill Black (aka William K. Black, professor of economics
Making King Bland: Every year on MLK Day, a bland liberal version of Martin Luther King is celebrated, and leftists
I was not going to do another blog post until I'd returned from my trip out west for
(1) More bad news for Bank of America: Earlier this week Bloomberg and other outlets reported on the settlement that