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Must- and Should-Reads: August 17, 2017
Jesse Rothstein: Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income: “Chetty et al. (2014) showIn defense of the statutory U.S. corporate tax rate
It is increasingly apparent that many policymakers and commentators believe that business tax reform means reducing the statutory corporate taxShould-Read: Drew Conway: The Data Science Venn Diagram
Should-Read: Drew Conway: The Data Science Venn Diagram http://www.dataists.com/2010/09/the-data-science-venn-diagram/: “The primary colors of data: hacking skills, math and stats knowledge,There is more to equal access to a good education than sound school budgets
Children born into poor and wealthy families alike should have an equal chance of achieving their dreams. But this isIssue brief: Alleviating financial distress and its economic consequences in the United States
Debt-stressed workers and consumers contribute more to U.S. economic growth when offered delayed but long-term debt write-downs instead of short-term
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Murphy Oil may be the last workers’ rights case the Supreme Court has the opportunity to consider
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed its brief in NLRB v. Murphy Oil, which will be argued inU.S. corporations pay a far lower effective tax rate than the statutory rate would indicate—and a recent CBO study doesn’t actually contradict this
The conventional wisdom on corporate taxes holds that while the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent is among the highestWhat to watch on jobs day: Hoping for stronger nominal wage growth as the economy continues to inch toward full employment
This week, I wrote two blog posts about wages in the first half (FH) of 2017. First, I analyzed up-to-dateThe Montgomery County minimum wage impact study is absurd junk science
In January, Montgomery County, Maryland County Executive Isiah Leggett vetoed an ordinance passed by the county council that would matchWages for workers with a high school degree or less rose the fastest over the last year
Yesterday, I took an in-depth look at the latest wage data for select percentiles. Today, I’m going to provide a
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Strangling Puerto Rico in Order to Save It
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, August 17, 2017Ten Years After Financial Crisis Our Elites Have Learned Nothing
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 14, 2017Brazil’s Most Popular Leader Has Been Convicted of Corruption on Flimsy Evidence
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, August 9, 2017