A Follow-Up on the Reasons for Prime Age Labor Force Non-Participation
Some surprising findings on why labor force participation of prime age men is flagging.
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Buried in “Hilariously Stupid” White House Attack on Socialism, An Accidentally Strong Argument for Medicare for All
Amid hysterical comparisons between Senator Bernie Sanders and Mao Zedong, the Council of Economic Advisers unwittingly makes a solid case for socialist policies.
Read more...#MeToo Under the Golden Arches at McDonald’s
#MeToo on Capitol Hill, and #MeToo at McDonald’s
Read more...How to Destroy Neoliberalism: Kill ‘Homo Economicus’
contemporary American business and economic culture has a moral framework: neoliberalism. This framework is dependably orthogonal to the last 50,000 years of moral norms and traditions.
Read more...Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center Shuts Down Prison Debate Program
Debate, prison debate, and an injustice you may be able to help rectify
Read more...J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?
Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...Why Hysteria Over the Italian Budget Is Wrong-Headed
A critique of the bad-model-induced fear-mongering over Italy’s proposed budget deficits
Read more...Is India on Its Way Out of Poverty?
Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, discusses a recent UNDP report showing that poverty in India has halved in the last 10 years, and the newly unveiled healthcare plan for the bottom 40% of the population, nicknamed “Modicare.”
Read more...High-Deductible Health Plans Fall From Grace In Employer-Based Coverage
Yves here. The decline in use of high-deductible health insurance policies is important not just for employees who get insurance at work, but for the public generally. The retreat by employers will make it harder to treat high-deductible plans as a preferred option for expanded government-provided care. Note that employers health care costs, as you […]
Read more...Why the Distribution of Wealth Has More to Do With Power Than Productivity
How statistics about wealth mislead, and why that matters.
Read more...Measuring Unfair Inequality
Quelle surprise! A new study deems the US to be the leader in unfair inequality.
Read more...How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck
Why pension funds, and retirement savers generally, are big victims of the financial crisis.
Read more...Beating the Tax Gap
The UK focuses on the tax gap, how much tax it ought to be collecting versus what it gets. Why isn’t this a concern in the US?
Read more...Michael Olenick: Debunking Yet Another Misleading Gun Study
A gun “study” falls apart when given a cursory examination.
Read more...Why Positive Thinking Won’t Get You Out of Poverty
The New York Times condescends to people in poverty.
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