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04
Jan
2012
Do the 1 percent carry the rest of us?

39 days ago by philebersole

There are two ways to interpret this chart. One is that 1 percent of the American population are John Galts who single-handedly have generated all the economic growth in the past 30-some years. I’m sure that many people in this group think just that. The other interpretation is that the system is ri ...

Phil Ebersole's Blog - philebersole.wordpress.com · Rank: 30,627 · 13 references

29
Dec
2011
13 Questions for 12

45 days ago by W.E. Heasley

Donald J. Boudreaux, professor of economics at George Mason University, asks thirteen very interesting questions in his essay And the answer is? One might contemplate these questions as we enter 2012. Below are several of the questions as well as the link to the entire TribLive [Pittsburgh Tribune] ...

The Last Embassy - thelastembassy.blogspot.com · 2 references

28
Dec
2011
Worst than the 30, Ms Lagarde, Worst …. ? (or “The Crisis” from an ... // politics

46 days ago by Enrique

A couple of weeks ago we got another serious warning concerning the state of the Global Economy, this time from a top economic figure , the Managing Director of the IMF Ms. Lagarde. Coincidence or not, the last week turned to be the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. Are these eventes con ...

Homo Economicus - enriquefleischmann.blogspot.com

21
Dec
2011
Tasse, tasse, adorabili tasse

53 days ago by Carlo Scalisi

Qualche settimana fa il Sole ha pubblicato due articoli, a firma rispettivamente J. Bradford DeLong 1 e Paul Krugman 2, il primo professore a Berkeley, il secondo a Princeton, nonché Premio Nobel nel 2008, in cui i due economisti commentavano un recente studio di Saez e Diamond, la cui tesi principa ...

Long runners' economics - longrunnerseconomics.wordpress.com

The evidence mounts on income inequality and the growing national gap. . . // business

53 days ago by Larry James

23 Mind-Blowing Facts About Income Inequality In America Gus Lubin Nov. 7, 2011, 9:29 AM From Business Insider Once again the rich are getting richer as the poor get poorer in America. Although rich people took a hit in the financial crisis, the stock market has recovered strongly. Main Street has n ...

Larry James' Urban Daily - larryjamesurbandaily.blogspot.com · Rank: 25,861 · 111 references

17
Dec
2011
This wealth redistribution business is trickier than I thought!

57 days ago by Matías Vernengo

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December is, and will continue to be, quite slow. But the video above shows the difficulties of redistributing wealth and why Republicans are against class warfare!

NAKED KEYNESIANISM - nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com · Rank: 54,139 · 7 references

Half of Americans poor & low income

57 days ago by Larry James

Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income by HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class that' ...

Larry James' Urban Daily - larryjamesurbandaily.blogspot.com · Rank: 25,861 · 111 references

13
Dec
2011
GUEST BLOGGER: Lies, Damn Lies and Occupy Wall Street—Charles Trzcinka

61 days ago by Larry

Charles Trzcinka is the James W. & Virginia E. Cozad Chair in Finance at the IU Kelley School of Business In all the discussion about the tactics of the OWS movementthere has not been much attention on what the movement believes about theeconomy. The purpose of this memo is toprovide students with f ...

Larry Davidson's Thoughts ... - larrydavidsonspoutsoff.blogspot.com

12
Dec
2011
Distribution functions

62 days ago by To the left of centre

A discussion at work made me decide to try and finish this post about distribution functions. Essentially I think we should put more effort into teaching people about distribution functions. The reason being – in my view at least – … Continue reading →

To the left of centre - totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com · 7 references

Wealth Non-Existent For Most Americans // politics

62 days ago by Ted McLaughlin

I have talked a lot recently about the income distribution in the United States. It is a fact that the policies pursued by Republicans in the past 30 years has resulted in record incomes for the richest Americans -- the top 1% have seen their incomes rise by over 240% since 1980, while the bottom 80 ...

jobsanger - jobsanger.blogspot.com · Rank: 29,488 · 136 references

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