economics

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• 3/24/19
  

  What Democratic Socialism Is and Is Not

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Of course, democratic socialism might not be what you want.  But let’s not pretend that it’s something that it’s not.

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• 9/15/18
  

  The Wrong Lesson We Learned from Enron that Led Directly to the 2008 Crash

  by Gavin Benke

  It’s worth remembering now with Jeff Skilling’s release from jail.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  

  An economic historian says the cost of neglecting history is huge

  by Richard Vedder

  The Ohio University professor, now in his 54th year of teaching, notes “In 1970, there were 100 history/social science graduates for every one majoring in parks and recreation; now there are fewer than four."

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg
  7-30-18
  

  The Ugly Side of Poland’s Booming Economy

  “The problem is that young people get used to hate speech. Some people don’t like chips, some people hate Coca-Cola—and some people hate the Jews.”

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• 6/3/18
  

  They Once Were the Future, then the Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mills Went Out of Business

  by Robert Weible

  But they weren’t forgotten.

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• 6/10/18
  

  Who Benefits from the “Booming Economy”?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Soaring wealth and incomes for the few do not automatically translate into better lives for the many.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  4/25/18
  

  Is Economics Going Back To The 1800s? Maybe So.

  by Simon Constable

  Economics historian Robert Wright says three long-discredited ideas  –  Tariffs, the Gold Standard, and Slavery as an engine of economic development  –  are now back in fashion (to a certain extent).

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-8-18
  

  Strong Economies Lift Presidents. Trump Seems an Exception.

  His approval ratings reflect political weakness despite good news on several fronts.

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• SOURCE: Pacific Standard
  1-2-18
  

  How Corporations Use History to Their Advantage

  Companies can reach into their archives to reaffirm their culture and demonstrate a differentiating legacy.

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• 12/24/17
  

  It’s Not Mexico that’s the Problem. It’s Capitalism.

  by John Tutino

  Mexicans’ continuing search for sustainable lives and sustaining communities is proclaimed an assault on U.S. power and prosperity. This is a distraction.

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• SOURCE: AEI
  9-15-17
  

  Economics historian Joel Mokyr says it was culture that made the West rich

  They believed in studying nature to improve the human lot – a new idea in the 1500s, he says.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  1-30-17
  

  Our history shows there’s a dark side to ‘Buy American’

  by Dana Frank

  Campaigns urging us to buy U.S.-made products are as old as the republic, but they are often shrouded in racism.

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• SOURCE: AHA Today
  12-27-16
  

  Pink-Collar Pain and Our New President

  by Katherine Turk

  American women should spotlight shared concerns and demand that Trump do much more for laborers than search for the blue collar jobs that were more likely automated than exported.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-8-16
  

  Report: Economists have documented for the first time the decline of the American Dream

  Using a big data set of millions of tax returns they show how the chance that you’ll make more money than your parents has dramatically declined since 1940.

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• SOURCE: PBS
  11-11-16
  

  A historian’s take on Trump’s economic plan for blue-collar, manufacturing jobs

  "I think as a historian, what strikes one the most about this program is simply its nationalism.” -- Columbia University’s Adam Tooze

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• SOURCE: Salon
  10-5-16
  

  Want to know who will win the White House? Watch the stock market.

  Wall Street is often right about presidential elections. It's banking on Donald Trump.

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• 10-2-16
  

  Both Parties Back Economic Growth. But Are They Wrong?

  by Paul Croce

  Constant growth is the great unaddressed issue of the contemporary USA, even though it is a formula for constant frustration.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9-20-16
  

  Wage gap between white and black Americans is worse today than in 1979

  Black men’s average hourly wages went from being 22.2% lower in 1979 to 31.0% lower in 2015; for black women the wage gap went from 6% to 19%

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-19-16
  

  Why a President Trump Could Start a Trade War With Surprising Ease

  Mr. Trump has said that as president he would “rip up” international trade deals. And there’s very little Congress can do to stop him, even if the result is a costly trade war.

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• SOURCE: Asia Society
  8-31-16
  

  Frank Dikötter says China's Economic Reforms Actually Started During the Cultural Revolution

  Deng Xiaoping gets the credit, but shouldn’t.