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Graph/Table of the week: Commodity Prices
I’ve been off almost all summer. That’s true in my own blog too. Hope to re-start slowly now. Below commodi
RRPE's Symposium on the Capital Debates
A Way Out for Greece and Europe: Keynes’ Advice from the 1940s
By Marie Duggan Is there a way for Greece to honor its debts without impoverishing its people? Most people see only two wa
Graph/Table of the Week: Effects of Clinton's Welfare Reform
Clinton famously said that he would end welfare as knew it. Personal responsibility had to play a bigger role. The new T
Graph/Table of the Week: Consumption Inequality
Back after a long hiatus. Below two maps (not graphs, but close enough). The first shows the income share of the top 10%. I
The time for a new economics is at hand
By Julie Matthaei In early January I passed out a leaflet to my colleagues at the annual meeting of the American Economic
URPE at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings
URPE has organized several sesssions at the EEA Meetings, that will take place from Friday to Sunday at the Sheraton New
Call for Papers: URPE Reader
Graph/Table of the Week: When did Corporate America begin?
This graph is a bit old, from Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and James W. Cortada’s book A Nation Transformed by Informa
Graph/Table of the Week: Bernanke's Fed and Yellen's choices
So the whole discussion now is when, not whether, will Yellen increase the interest rate. Pressure is for her to do it soo
ASSA panel on class
This post is based on a panel at the ASSA in January 2015 which focused on the important issue of class. This panel was par
Graph/Table of the Week: Tax in Scandinavian countries
Back after the break. Below the high levels of taxation in Scandinavian countries when compared to other advanced econ
Dr. Dollar on "What is the difference between a “radical” and a “liberal” economist"
From Ellen Frank’s reply on Dollars & Sense a few years back: In the early 19th century, as capitalist indust
The campaign for pluralism in economics
Some heterodox economists and student activists were featured in a story in the Washington Post about their campaign k
Read it and weep: The Congo is leasing 25 percent of its land to investors from other countries by Lane Vanderslice*
(December 21, 2014) A recent article in the Wall Street Journal had the headline Congo seeks investors for farmland big
No Cobb-Douglas Zone
If you don’t know why read this papers by Shaikh and Felipe and McCombie or this entry here.
