The Invention of the White Working Class
“White working class” is a dog whistle, not a demographic.
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The Global War on Cash – Lessons from History
Introduction Regular readers will be fully up to speed on the Reserve Bank of India’s botched attempt at a handbrake turn style demonetisation thanks to Jerri-Lynn Scofield’s thorough coverage (see here, here and here for more background on this sorry tale). But the Indian government’s attempt at implementing a strategy of moving an economy away from physical cash […]
Read more...Student Loan Crisis Increasingly Snares Seniors’ Social Security Benefits
Rising student loan defaults by older borrowers leads some to see Social Security benefits garnished, pushing some below the poverty line.
Read more...TaxCast on Ownership Avoidance and the Great Escape
The Latest Tax Justice Network Podcast covers some hot topics, including beneficial ownership avoidance, and tax policies and human rights.
Read more...The Econocracy: An Interview with Cahal Mora
The new book Econocracy describes how economics training discourages critical thinking, overreaches, overpromises, and underdelivers.
Read more...Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy
Yes, Virginia, more education for the lower orders really does pay off.
Read more...GOP Plans to Gut Social Security
Social Security is on the chopping block. Get the word out.
Read more...Origins of Happiness: Evidence and Policy Implications
The authors call for a new focus for public policy: not ‘wealth creation’ but ‘wellbeing creation’.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Economists’ Deadly but Innocuous-Seeming Proclamations
A wide-ranging interview by Michael Hudson on the mind games that economists play.
Read more...Back From Full Employment To “Inclusive Growth”
“Inclusive growth” is economics NewSpeak for pretending to be concerned about the diminished opportunities for the middle and lower classes.
Read more...Bill Black: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Not Austerity
Any plan by Democrats to “Help Working People” should begin with the word “jobs.” But an obsession with austerity makes that impossible.
Read more...Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
Europe is ignoring the lessons of New Deal era much to its peril.
Read more...Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
Why Trumpism caused mainstream ‘social science’ to fall like a house of cards.
Read more...Where Was Roosevelt?
On the tactics of labor early in the Roosevelt administration.
Read more...In-Person Coaching at University versus Technology: Proactive, Constant Contact Matters
Questions over the value of a university education are underscored by negative student experiences. Personalised coaching is a promising, but costly, tool to improve student experiences and performance. This column presents the results from an experiment comparing coaching with lower cost ‘nudge’ interventions. While coaching led to a significant increase in average course grades, online and text message interventions had no effect. The benefits of coaching appear to derive from the trust-based nature of relationships and personalised attention.
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