The Evidence Is Clear: Population Growth and Prosperity Are NOT Linked
An in-depth analysis of why the assertion that more population growth promotes higher living standards is bunk.
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Unemployment Insurance Extension During Great Recession Did Not Destroy Jobs
Debunking the claim that extending unemployment insurance during the aftermath of the crisis was a bad idea.
Read more...Latest Social Democracy, the “Third Way,” and the Crisis of Europe, Part 2
How reformers and labor leaders were co-opted by capitalists waving the Third Way banner.
Read more...Are Our Earnings Really Our ‘Just Deserts’?
Why the idea that wages represent “just deserts,” as in the individual’s contribution to social output, is bunk.
Read more...The Quiet Desperation of Millennials
A new survey on the outlook of Millennials finds they are not happy campers, and for good reason.
Read more...The Nobel Prize in Economics: How It Took a Hard Neoliberal Turn
How the so-called Nobel Prize in economics came to validate neoclassical thinking, even as it failed in Sweden.
Read more...The Impact of Minimum Wage Changes on Infant Health
Why analyzing minimum wage increases solely in terms of labor market impact is shortsighted.
Read more...“There Ought to be a Law….” Why Prison is the American Way
How overreaching and poorly conceived laws produce difficult-to-justify prison sentences.
Read more...Report: New Data Disproves US Corporations’ False Narrative on Taxes
A new study on corporate tax havens shows how multinational corporations avoiding U.S. taxes represents a transfer to them from workers.
Read more...Negative Effects of Immigration on the Economy
Working through explanations as to why US immigration has been negatively correlated with growth.
Read more...Academic Penury: Adjunct Faculty as the New Precariat
The perilous status of adjuncts, who serve as contingent faculty.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Celebrating the One Percent – Is Inequality Really Good for the Economy?
The backlash has begun. Prominent economists are upping their game in trying to depict the gains of the One Percent as virtuous and beneficial.
Read more...Don’t Celebrate Just Yet: Median Household Income In a 20-Year Decline
Recent statistics from the US Census Bureau show improvement from 2014-2015, but in reality, wages are in a real decline and no mechanisms have been put in place to prevent another crash, says economist Richard Wolff
Read more...Don Quijones: Barcelona Just Declared War on AirBnB (and Its Hosts)
Why Barcelona is taking a tough stand on AirBnB, and has strong support of its citizens.
Read more...Bill Moyers: We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: Saving the Soul of Democracy
National treasure Bill Moyers describes the rise of inequality and America’s descent into plutocracy, reflecting wisdom acquired over six decades of thinking and writing about American politics.
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