“How to Run a Cheap Foreign Labor Economic Model”
An illustration of how the debate on globalization too often, mistakenly, fixates on labor costs as a driver of “competitiveness”.
Read more...An illustration of how the debate on globalization too often, mistakenly, fixates on labor costs as a driver of “competitiveness”.
Read more...Macroeconomists are making Steve Bannon look good.
Read more...Another sign of economic insecurity: the pitch economy, where competition becomes more and more degrading.
Read more...Private school grade inflation is a small but nevertheless telling factor in how class mobility has fallen in the US.
Read more...On the obvious and high cost of abandoning fiscal policy in favor of monetary policy…save for asset owners.
Read more...WSJ says fiduciary rule helps Wall Street, so rescission unlikely. But still may be better for retail investors than previous status quo.
Read more...How up and coming Democrats in the 1970s and 1980s decided being wannabe Republicans was a path to power.
Read more...Trump’s declared opioid crisis a national emergency; author Dr. Gabor Mate says effective policy would address the causes of addiction.
Read more...An Elon Musk tweet prompts a new round of debate over the risk of AI to jobs and social stability.
Read more...Have management fads contributed to the fall in productivity growth?
Read more...What the dodgy Foxconn scheme to build factories in the US says about Trump’s commitment to job creation.
Read more...How press and pundit fixation on Trump diverts public attention from power structures that work against ordinary Americans.
Read more...Democrats are now telling voters they only need to compete better…and offer policies that have repeatedly failed to “help”.
Read more...The DNC’s Better Deal scam is barely out of the box and the Yes Men are already making fun of it.
Read more...A devastating review of the recent history of austerity in the UK.
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