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- Revisiting the Value of Elite Colleges http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/revisiting-the-value-of-elite-colleges/ 5 comments
- Why Does College Cost So Much? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/why-does-college-cost-so-much/ 61 comments
- The Value of Education in a Recession http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/the-value-of-education-in-a-recession/ 2 comments
- Inequality continues to rise http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/the-wealth-gap-is-growing-too/ 19 comments politics
- The Minimum Wage Ain’t What It Used to Be http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/the-minimum-wage-aint-what-it-used-to-be/?smid=tw-share&_r=1& 3 comments politics
- Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/rethinking-the-idea-of-a-basic-income-for-all/?_r=0 9 comments politics
- Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All (New York Times) http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/rethinking-the-idea-of-a-basic-income-for-all/ 46 comments politics
- For Many Hard-Liners, Debt Default Is the Goal http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/for-many-hard-liners-debt-default-is-the-goal/ 3 comments politics
- Inflationphobia: Ron Paul, Paul Ryan, and Others Have Repeatedly Predicted Runaway Inflation, and Have Repeatedly Been Wrong http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/inflationphobia-part-iii/ 224 comments politics
- Dispatch from Europe: Learning, or Not, From Policy Mistakes: the continued insistence on austerity in Europe flies in the face of increasing evidence that a focus on public debt is hurting economic growth http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/dispatch-from-europe-learning-or-not-from-policy-mistakes/ 30 comments europe
- Yes, We Have No Inflation http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/yes-we-have-no-inflation/ 32 comments economy
- The unemployment rate for college graduates in April was a mere 3.9 percent, compared to 7.5 percent for everyone else. But employers are hiring college-educated workers to perform jobs that don’t actually require college-level skills like receptionists, clerks, and waitresses. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/life-is-o-k-if-you-went-to-college/?hp 22 comments politics
- The Jobs Report: "The United States economy is not getting any closer to recreating the jobs lost during the recession." http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/keeping-up-not-getting-ahead/?hp 5 comments politics
- The unregulated work of Mechanical Turk http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/the-unregulated-work-of-mechanical-turk/ 11 comments technology
- Federal Austerity's Bite on Job Growth http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/federal-austeritys-bite-on-job-growth/?smid=re-share 9 comments politics
- Bruce Bartlett: A Conservative Case for the Welfare State - NYTimes.com http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/a-conservative-case-for-the-welfare-state/ 6 comments politics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: An additional 386,000 jobs were created between April 2011 and March 2012 -- a 20 percent jump over what it previously claimed http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/more-jobs-than-we-knew/?pagewanted=print 3 comments politics
- Why the shit is "ordinary income", which people work their asses of for, taxed over twice as much as "capital gains", which is basically getting paid for being rich? Seems like it should be the converse... http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/capital-gains-vs-ordinary-income/ 4 comments politics
- Some Big Corporations Don't Pay Taxes, Either http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/are-corporations-overtaxed/?smid=re-share 5 comments politics
- The Reasons Behind the 'People Who Pay No Income Tax' - NYTimes.com http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/the-reasons-behind-the-people-who-pay-no-income-tax/ 3 comments politics
- The Fiscal Legacy of George W. Bush/The Disaster of Republican Economic Policies http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/the-fiscal-legacy-of-george-w-bush/ 38 comments politics
- I have a fun idea. Let's setup a booth at the coming Republican primary events that gives people a chance to see how much government assistance they are actually using that they are unaware of, Then give them information on how to cut it off. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/keep-your-government-hands-off-my-government-programs/ 97 comments politics
- Apparently, Herman Cain really likes the one percent http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/inside-the-cain-tax-plan/?hp 3 comments politics
- "Regulatory uncertainty is a canard invented by Republicans that allows them to use current economic problems to pursue an agenda supported by the business community" http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/regulation-and-unemployment/ 4 comments politics
- The study found that the decline in union power and density since 1973 explained a third of the increase in wage inequality among men since then, and a fifth of the increased inequality among women. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/labors-decline-and-wage-inequality/ 3 comments politics
- The Lawyer Surplus, State by State http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/the-lawyer-surplus-state-by-state/ 21 comments law
- The U.S.A. is responsible for 43 percent of all the military spending on Earth. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/can-we-afford-the-military-budget/ 6 comments reddit.com
- The truth of the matter is that federal taxes in the United States are very low. There is no reason to believe that reducing them further will do anything to raise growth or reduce unemployment. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/are-taxes-in-the-u-s-high-or-low/ 60 comments politics
- Rich People Still Don’t Realize They’re Rich http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/rich-people-still-dont-realize-theyre-rich/?partner=rss&emc=rss 10 comments politics
- Why is this not getting more attention and discussion? Someone making over a $1,000,000 a year pays U.S. taxes around 15% of that. Dumbass me in the middle-class pays about 25% of my income. Why do the rich need tax CUTS? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/the-little-people-pay-taxes/ 369 comments reddit.com
- FYI: New lawyers earn either $50K or $160K. Just because there is an "average" number in between, that doesn't mean anyone actually makes that average salary. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/the-two-track-lawyer-market/ 40 comments law
- Almost half of the deficit could be cut through a few tax hikes for the rich http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/soaking-the-rich-cutting-the-deficit/ 5 comments politics
- "The vast bulk of government spending goes to the elderly [who] have significant private incomes and wealth in their homes, which means their living standards actually far exceed $40,000 and thereby exceed the living standards of the average American." http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/are-we-overpaying-grandpa/?utm_source=feedburner 14 comments politics
- Job Losses compared to other recessions: a shocking chart http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/comparing-this-recession-to-previous-ones-job-changes-4/ 3 comments politics
- Do Jobless Benefits Discourage People From Finding Jobs? (Yes.) http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/do-jobless-benefits-discourage-people-from-finding-jobs/ 8 comments business
- Same U Chicago Economist that completely fails in "A Commercial Real Estate Crisis? Probably Not" also now claiming unemployment is high because "workers have become less willing to work" http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/a-commercial-real-estate-crisis-probably-not/ 3 comments politics
- Killing (or Maiming) a Sacred Cow: Home Mortgage Deductions http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/killing-or-maiming-a-sacred-cow-home-mortgage-deductions/ 2 comments economy
- Do Tax Rebates Work? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/do-tax-rebates-work/ 2 comments economy
- A Milestone for Women Workers? - women may become a majority of the work force for the first time in American history http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/a-milestone-for-women-workers/ 6 comments economy
- Republicans Vacating Washington Have To Sell Homes In Terrible Market http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/losing-is-tough-selling-may-be-tougher/ 77 comments business