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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More on Academic Kickbacks
When he read my last post, Rob Larson (author of the cover story in the current issue of D&
An Evening with Fancy Economists
Readers of this blog may remember that I visited the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last spring for a
Banks to Cash in on QE2 (Yves Smith)
More on QE2--just hit my inbox, an interview with Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism on the Real News Network; sounds
Nov/Dec Issue, QE2, etc.
[This posting's potentially irrelevant image--one taken by me, around the corner from my place. The marina has been
Why France Matters, plus...
[This post's "possibly irrelevant image" is a detail from the cover of the new edition of
Foreclosures, Temps, Freelancers, etc.
(1) The House that Set off the National Furor over Faulty Foreclosures: That's how a great article in
Foreclosure Trouble, etc.
(1) "Foreclosuregate" and the too-big-to-fail banks: The blogosphere is abuzz about the trouble the big banks seem to
Various items
(1) Emmanuel Saez wins a MacArthur fellowship. With co-author Thomas Piketty, Saez has done great research on income inequality in
More on Rich People; Islamophobia at Harvard
(1) Follow-up on yesterday's post: If you didn't get your fill of the controversy about the
The Whiny, and Undeserving, Rich
I have been meaning to blog about a lot of stuff recently, and I hope to do another post tomorrow
Recession Long Over! (?); plus: Thank God for Bailouts!
(1) Recession Ended in June '09, Declares NBER: The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic
Animal Spirits, by Akerlof and Shiller
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, by George Akerlof and Robert