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More Proof That Economic Policies Have Failed Workers: Median Real Incomes Stagnant for Last Two Decades

Sometimes one chart really does tell you what you need to know.

CalSTRS, Maryland Fund Private Equity Players Seeking Profits in the Refugee Crisis

Private-equity-backed providers undercut charities in providing refugee services. It’s not hard to imagine how the results are coming in.

Chris Hedges and Leo Panitch: We are All Greeks Now

Leo Panitch and Chris Hedges discuss how nature of imperialism today is financial power.

Germany’s Handling of Immigration Will Shape the Future of Europe

Immigration could turn around Germany’s main weakness – its precarious demographic situation.

This entry was posted in Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Social policy on September 13, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Campaign 2016 and the 420: Marijuana Policy and the Coming of Big Weed

Is there a coming tipping point for marijuana legalization? What are the implications for public policy? And what do the 2016 candidates think?

This entry was posted in Social policy, Social values on September 12, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Spillovers of Pro-Social Motivation: Evidence From a Randomised Intervention Study on Blood Donors

Evidence suggests that people are more likely to behave in a pro-social way if they are aware of others who behave in such a manner. This column finds evidence for this phenomenon among blood donors. For every unit increase in a donor’s motivation, there is a 44% spillover in motivation to their fellow tenant. There is an overall increase in donation rates due to such a social multiplier of 17.9 percentage points, instead of the 10 percentage points obtained by calling an isolated donor.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on September 11, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Crane Brinton on Revolution

Some extracts from Crane Brinton’s Anatomy of Revolution, considered.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on September 7, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Medicaid Privatization in Iowa and the Market State

A billion-dollar Medicaid contract is being awarded in Iowa through a corrupt process.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Health care, Privatization, Social policy on September 5, 2015 by Lambert Strether.

Household Labor, Caring Labor, Unpaid Labor

A discussion of the practical and policy implications of failing to measure household labor and production.

Robert Reich: In the New Economy, Workers Take on All the Risk

More Americans than ever don’t know what they’ll be earning next week. That’s why we need income insurance.

As QE Wanes, Real Costs of “Employment” Subsidies Surface

As the QE prop is removed, it will become more difficult to ignore the fact that “employment” subsidies were often simply “employer” subsidies.

VICE News: “Why Pay Your Taxes?”

This Vice News segment makes the normally dry and daunting subject of taxes (really tax policy) accessible and entertaining. Plus it features Lee Sheppard.

This entry was posted in Income disparity, Social policy, Taxes on August 21, 2015 by Yves Smith.

Why Bernie Sanders Should Add a Job Guarantee to His Policy Agenda

Bernie has unapologetically rejected sclerotic visions of what is ‘politically possible’. And now he should add the Job Guarantee to his list of issues.