Category Archives: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Incompetence of Economic Policy Makers: Why U.S. Women are Leaving the Labor Force
The incompetence of economic policy makers: why U.S. women are leaving the labor force December 15, 2014deanbaker1Leave a commentGo to comments from Dean Baker The NYT seems intent on hiding the elephant in the living room. Yesterday it gave us a … Continue reading
Calling All Rebel Economists!
Calling all rebel economists! December 3, 2014 from Richard Wolff This project is important and long-overdue to undo the narrow orthodoxy that has suffocated diversity and heterogeneity and social criticism within the discipline (sic) of economics. I am glad to spread … Continue reading
The Ukraine War Driven by Gas-Dollar Link Defending the US Dollar Imperialism
The Ukraine War Driven by Gas-Dollar Link Defending the US DOLLAR Imperialism Post Categories: Canada Mike Whitney | Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 20:44 Beijing 40 views “The Fed’s ‘need’ to take on an even more active role as foreigners further … Continue reading
25 Graphics Showing Upward Redistribution of Income and Wealth in USA Since 1979
25 graphics showing upward redistribution of income and wealth in USA since 1979 February 25, 2011David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio I assemble a presentation on inequality on a regular basis for my Principles of Microeconomics course. … Continue reading
The Reform is a Tall Order in China
The Reform is a Tall Order in China Post Categories: China Joe Zhang | Monday, November 24, 2014, 10:21 Beijing Despite suggestions the private sector is gaining ground on the mainland, state-owned firms are more dominant than ever, with the … Continue reading
Five Ugly Decades of Middle-Class Wages in America
Five Ugly Decades of Middle-Class Wages in America Post Categories: Canada Doug Short | Monday, November 24, 2014, 11:29 Beijing Here’s a perspective on personal income for production and nonsupervisory private employees going back five decades. The Bureau of Labor … Continue reading
20 Graphs Showing Inequality in the USA
20 graphs showing inequality in the USA April 7, 2011 Below are 20 graphs from The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequalityshowing inequality, and in the main increasing inequality, in the United States. Clicking on any graph will take you … Continue reading