Youth Unemployment in the Mediterranean Region and its Long-Term Implications
The data on European youth unemployment is sobering, and the migrant influx is making a bad situation worse.
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Open Thread: Reader Takes on Sanders/Clinton Brooklyn Debate
Seeking reader reactions to last night’s Sanders/Clinton debate.
Read more...America: No Country for Old People
It’s not easy being old and it’s only going to get harder in America.
Read more...Martin Wolf Defends Central Banks’ Negative Interest Rate Policies
The Financial Times’ lead economics writer, Martin Wolf, makes an intellectually bogus case for negative interest policies.
Read more...Intra-EMU Divergence Is A Feature Not A Bug
Yves here. I’m leery of reinforcing the “competitiveness” meme, since it’s based on the false premise that all countries can be exporters. But this article nevertheless makes important observations about Eurozone structural flaws.
Read more...We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the Buybacks
Why companies, particularly ones that get large taxpayer subsidies like Pfizer, should not be allowed to manipulate their stock prices thorough buybacks.
Read more...Bill Black: AEI Pushes Government Propaganda Telling Women to Marry Schlubs
Why exhorting poor people to marry more often is right wing propaganda in lieu of real policies to address poverty.
Read more...What Happens When America’s Kids Confront Extreme Inequality?
A hopeful account and some lessons about inequality from Chelsea. But can we really generalize from this case?
Read more...What “Hope” (and Change) Look Like in the Labor Market, According to the New York Times
Why aren’t all segments of the labor market equally crapified?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Will Sanders Play His Ace?
Sanders lists demands for Clinton if he fails to get the nomination…and it includes demands like single payer that are so far from her current position that it is inconceivable that she will give them lip service.
Read more...Bill Black: Krugman on the Corruption of Our Nation via Perverse Incentives
Black shreds Krugman’s latest attack on Sanders.
Read more...Can Sanders Win Over Rich Voters in New York?
After Wisconsin, the next round of primaries in concentrated in more affluent East Coast states, and Clinton does well with rich voters. Can Sanders make enough headway with them?
Read more...Paul Ryan Sorry for Calling Americans “Takers.” Let’s Talk About the Real Takers.
Rana Foroohar’s new book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, addresses what Paul Ryan conveniently left out.
Read more...Gaius Publius: The Rebellion Will Not Go Away
Rebellion watch: Why the natives will remain restless.
Read more...Marshall Auerback: Donald Trump Understands the Nexus Between Trade and Immigration
By linking immigration and trade, however crudely, Trump has exposed the broader paradox and inherent contradictions which lurk between the two.
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