The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
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Were All the WPA Workers Still 'Unemployed'?
In recent interviews, James Galbraith has been pointing to an odd twist in New Deal revisionism. Apparently, those economists who
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (iv)
Links: (1) I forgot to post this New York Times piece yesterday: Do We Need a New Internet? (2) Yesterday
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (iii)
Links only today; there's lots of stuff out there, and I have a headache anyway: (1) Some people
Global Growth Is At Virtual Halt
From the International Herald Tribune Read the rest of the story here.
Drugs Companies and Research Publications
The Guardian had another important piece on the industry in today's edition. Here's the context: The
GlaxoSmithKline in Major Reversal on Drugs
This is big news. Not sure about the motivations or strategy, but it may have a huge effect on the
The Ultimate Growth Industry (Nancy Folbre)
UMass-Amherst econ prof Nancy Folbre was a guest economist on the New York Times's Economix blog yesterday. Here
Closures and Layoffs (Feb. 8-14)
The latest from Mark Heschmeyer at CoStar Group. A Weekly Report on Future Corporate Downsizings By Mark Heschmeyer | February 11,
Looting Social Security
From The Nation, by sometime-D&S author William Greider: By William Greider | February 11, 2009 Governing elites in Washington
WSJ Fires Researchers
The Wall Street Journal has given notice to its in-house library/research staff that they are being let go. From
Companies Fighting Unemployment Claims
From the Washington Post: Out of Work and Challenged on Benefits, Too In Record Numbers, Employers Move to Block Unemployment