Category Archives: Wealth and Income Inequality

Macroeconomic Challenges: Multi-factor Productivity in the UK A Stunning Decrease [and Another Refutation of Neoclassical Theory]

Multi-Factor productivity in the UK. A stunning decrease. February 20, 2014merijnknibbeLeave a commentGo to comments After 2008 labour productivity in the UK declined – despite a continued increase of the stock ofcapital and a more efficient use of labour. One of the anomalies of the post-Lehman … Continue reading →

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A Plutonomy on Steroids

      The Plutonomy Symposium — Rising Tides  Lifting Yachts Home > upward income redistribution > 1% chart 1% chart February 20, 2014David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio As Niraj Chokshi explains, In each state in the nation, the top 1 percent … Continue reading →

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America World Leader in [Security] Guard Labor

Guard labor (chart) February 18, 2014David F. RuccioLeave a commentGo to comments from David Ruccio See Also Plutonomy Report: http://jimcraven10.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/a-plutonomy-on-steroids/ As Sam Bowles and Arjun Jayadev explain, Does the graph show that inequality causes a country to devote more of its labor force to guard labor? … Continue reading →

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State of the Union: Essential Inequality Reader

THE POVERTY LINE State of the Union: Essential Inequality Reader December 23, 2013 See: http://billmoyers.com/2013/12/23/inequality-an-essential-reader/ Updated on January 28, 2014 On Tuesday, President Obama is expected to make inequality and limited upward mobility the centerpiece of his State of the … Continue reading →

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