Blog Profile / Dollars
| URL : | http://www.dollarsandsense.org/blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance / Economics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1536 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6 | |
| Archived Since: | June 7, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Grover Norquist is Right to Oppose Internet Sales Taxes
When I visited my brother in London a few years back, I toted a suitcase packed with tennis balls. I paid New York City’s 8 ½ % sales tax to help my brother’s tennis-mad family avoid the UK’s 20% value-added … Continue reading ? The post Grover Norquist is Right to Oppose Internet Sales Taxes appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Pollin, Gini, Retro, Ferguson, etc.
Ok, here’s what’s been on the back burner; no image today because I am posting three videos: (1) Pollin on R&R on the Real News Network: A nice overview of the Rogoff and Reinhart controversy, by one of the co-authors … Continue reading ? The post Pollin, Gini, Retro, Ferguson, etc. appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
New Issue! Measuring Economic Indicators
I have a bunch of stuff I want to blog about, but we have been busy finalizing our May/June issue for the printers. We’ve sent it off and subscribers should receive their paper copies within about ten days. E-subscribers, you’ll … Continue reading ? The post New Issue! Measuring Economic Indicators appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
May Day! Rana Plaza (Bangladesh) Hall of Shame
Happy International Workers’ Day! This will be a quick post, since my laptop seems to be celebrating May Day with a slow-down and occasional work stoppage. Mostly I have been wanting to post this first one: (1) Shame on Matt … Continue reading ? The post May Day! Rana Plaza (Bangladesh) Hall of Shame appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Oligarchs, BAdidas Victory, Retirement Scam, etc.
(1) Oligarchs on the Titanic: Via Naked Capitalism, this clip of Robert Johnson of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (watch the video or read the transcript, which follows the video), with the striking metaphor of oligarchs staring into each … Continue reading ? The post Oligarchs, BAdidas Victory, Retirement Scam, etc. appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
HAP vs. RR on Debt-to-GDP and Growth
Many followers of this blog have probably already heard about the paper co-authored by frequent D&S author and UMass-Amherst econ professor and director of the Political Economy Research Institute Bob Pollin (the other co-authors were UMass doctoral student Thomas Herndon … Continue reading ? The post HAP vs. RR on Debt-to-GDP and Growth appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Boston Marathon Bombing, Tax Day, P3 in El Salvador, etc.
(1) Boston Marathon Bombing: We at Dollars & Sense are shocked and saddened by yesterday’s bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, not far from our office. As we wait to find out more about what happened and … Continue reading ? The post Boston Marathon Bombing, Tax Day, P3 in El Salvador, etc. appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Thatcher, Chained CPI, Real Estate, etc.
(1) Select Anti-Thatcher Songs: Sinéad O’Connor—Black Boys On Mopeds Elvis Costello—Tramp the Dirt Down The Larks—Maggie, Maggie, Maggie (Out, Out, Out) (2) Some Articles about Thatcher: John Cassidy, How Margaret Thatcher Changed Britain. Show More Summary
Whose Housing Recovery? etc.
(1) Whose Housing Recovery? We’ve posted our March/April cover story–another great piece by Darwin BondGraham (his third cover story for us). Find it here. See my last blog post for the background behind Masheka Wood’s cover illustration. (Darwin pointed out … Continue reading ? The post Whose Housing Recovery? etc. appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
New Issue! Provocative Cover
March/April 2013 issue: We have sent our March/April 2013 issue to the printers; subscribers should start getting it next week (e-subscribers will get it tomorrow). We’ve posted two articles: Ellen Frank’s feature, Beyond DeficitShow More Summary
The Monopolists in My Back Yard
When Con Ed dug up West 72nd Street last year to lay new natural gas lines, I thought great, now the apartment buildings on my block can switch their boilers to gas and stop letting off those black farts that … Continue reading ? The post The Monopolists in My Back Yard appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Links (Chavez, Libor, etc.)
(Hat-tip to Bryan S. for today’s image; it’s related to an Adbusters campaign and book about economics teaching that I’ll have to blog about another day.) (1) Wealth Inequality Video: I keep getting emails saying this video about wealth inequality … Continue reading ? The post Links (Chavez, Libor, etc.) appeared first on Dollars & Sense Blog.
Ted Cruz and the “Consumer as King”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has gotten some attention lately for a 2010 speech in which he claimed that there were more communists than Republicans on the Harvard Law School faculty when he attended the school in the 1990s. The speech … Continue reading ?
Joseph Stiglitz Is Right About Inequality, but for the Wrong Reason
Joseph Stiglitz says that “Inequality is Holding Back the Recovery”. He’s right, but he gives the wrong reason, that “our middle class is too weak to support the consumer spending that has historically driven our economic growth.” This “Keynesian” spending … Continue reading ?
Thaddeus Stevens, Social Revolutionary
One of the nominees for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at this year’s Academy Awards, Tommy Lee Jones, played Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) in the Best Picture-nominated Lincoln. Stevens was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1849-1853 and 1859-1868), a … Continue reading ?
D&S Authors on TV
(1) Failed Ambitions: Spain’s Economic Collapse: Today’s image comes from this beautiful photo essay from this week’s New Yorker. It reminds me of The Ruins of Detroit, which we featured in this blog post. (2) D&S Authors on TV: –Rick Wolff on Bill Moyers: … Continue reading ?
D&S Authors on TeeVee
(1) Failed Ambitions: Spain’s Economic Collapse: Today’s image comes from this beautiful photo essay from this week’s New Yorker. It reminds me of The Ruins of Detroit, which we featured in this blog post. (2) D&S Authors on TV: –Rick Wolff on Bill Moyers: … Continue reading ?
Austerity, MBTA, Blinder
(Hat-tip to Byron S. for today’s image; he said it was posted to Facebook by St. Marks Bookstore.] (1) Blinder Leading the Blind: Great by Dan Kervick at New Economic Perspectives, Blinder Leading the Blind, taking Alan Blinder to task for … Continue reading ?
Raise the Minimum Wage or Cut Low-Wage Taxes?
My son is a low-wage worker, a short-order cook. President Obama just called for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 an hour. Yet he made no effort to save the “temporary stimulus” 2% payroll tax … Continue reading ?
Minimum Wage, Bankers’ Accountability, etc.
(1) Strange 1920s Valentines: For more like today’s image, visit Retronaut (which is worth visiting anyway). I discovered these last year and sent myself an email to be delivered in time to post one for VDay this year. (2) Minimum … Continue reading ?