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How has the Great Recession impacted income distribution in Colorado?

csurei wrote 1 day ago: In my last post I wrote about the fact that Colorado’s “poor counties” are no long … more →

Tags: economic growth, catch up

More Lies - Washington Post Gives WH 3 Pinnochios for Obama's Spending Growth Claims

Kasey Jachim wrote 5 days ago: By Glenn Kessler via The Washington Post “I simply make the point, as an editor might say, to check … more →

Tags: Politics, obama, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Debt, Letting Freedom Ring, BarackObama, Jay Carney, congressional budget office

Paying Workers Enough to Live Is Communism

ittecon wrote 1 week ago: Pharoah Bloomberg: Paying Workers Enough to Live Is Communism | | AlterNet. … more →

Tags: Economics, Employment, Current Events, Wages, In The News, quality of life, Article, market failure

Effects of Islamic Inheritance Laws on Wealth Inequality7 comments

islamiceconomicsproject wrote 2 weeks ago: In an interest based financial system, wealth inequality automatically results in income inequality … more →

Tags: Articles on Islamic Economics, Islamic Economics, Zakat, Public Policy, transfer payments, Tax Policy, Micro-economics, Social Development, Economic Development

Taxes are too damn high: An ode to Joe the Plumber and freedom from state oppression

Barnum Bailey wrote 3 weeks ago: I have always been interested in the ethos and rhetoric of blue collar economic conservatism. You kn … more →

Tags: Politics, Fiscal Policy, Joe the plumber, conservatism, Liberalism, progressive taxation, taxes, Socialism, social democracy

Development from Islamic Economics Perspective3 comments

islamiceconomicsproject wrote 4 weeks ago: In neoclassical growth theories, the emphasis is on increasing savings and technological progress wh … more →

Tags: Articles on Islamic Economics, Islamic Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Policy, Tax Policy, economic stabilization, Business Cycles, classical economics, Economic Systems

From Normal to Veblen Goods in Entertainment: The Curious Case of Broadway Tickets and the Dilution of the American Middle Class , 1945-2012

Manuel Bautista wrote 4 weeks ago: Found a piece by Lee Siegel in the New York Times on the revival of Arthur Miller’s “Dea … more →

Tags: united states, 20th Century, 21st Century, economic history, history of entertainment

What mining boom? Big earners still in Australia's southeast

gerrytreuren wrote 1 month ago: From: AAP May 01, 2012 12:00AM   Top ten earning taxpayers live mostly in NSW Highest mean taxable i … more →

Tags: Wealth Distribution, mining boom

Take back from those even poorer

Danny Quah wrote 1 month ago: What -ism is it when you castigate your top 1% From: Vanity Fair, May 2011 and try to aid your middl … more →

Tags: Asia, east_asia, Economic Development, Globalization, global economy, Growth, shifting_global_distribution, East Asia, economic growth

A Winning Argument For Democrats3 comments

R. Duane Graham wrote 1 month ago: A very astute commenter, Maureen Holland from Whatever Works blog, posted the following remarks rela … more →

Tags: income disparity, Whatever Works, occupy wall street, Mankato Free Press, Wealth Gap, justice as fairness

Physiological & Psychological Dimensions of Scarcity1 comment

islamiceconomicsproject wrote 1 month ago: Resources are scarce as compared to unlimited wants. But, the economics of non-rival ideas creation … more →

Tags: Articles on Islamic Economics, Islamic Economics, classical economics, capitalism, Fundamental Economic Problem, Economic Systems, financial institutions, financial intermediation, Economic Development

Contents, preface and acknowledgements of Poverty in Fiji: Changes between 2002-03 and 2008-09. (2012) above.

Narsey on Fiji wrote 1 month ago: Final Poverty Report 15 Februrary 2012 contents preface and acknowledgement It is disappointing that … more →

Tags: (A) 2012, Education, Food Security, health, HIES, poverty, World Bank

For Economists Saez and Piketty, the Buffett Rule Is Just a Start - NYTimes.com

kubla wrote 1 month ago: A profile of the economists who’ve done the major work on income inequality in the US. Emmanue … more →

Tags: Inequality, inequality, Income Tax, Sáez, piketty

Inequality in America and the Incomes of the Super Rich - Brookings Institution1 comment

Job Market Monitor wrote 1 month ago: Question: where would the richest household in the bottom 98 percent-the one at the “98th perc … more →

Tags: A Closer Look At The News, united states, Income, Brookings Institution, economic inequality

DHS Environmental Justice Strategy - More Agenda 21 and Income Redistribution???2 comments

Kasey Jachim wrote 1 month ago: By Kasey Jachim Wow, just when you thought it couldn’t get more interesting - the Department o … more →

Tags: Politics, obama, Agenda 21, Global Warming, climate change, redistribution of wealth, Barack Obama, EPA, Environment

Taxing the Rich Healthy For the Economy

Arlen Grossman wrote 1 month ago: Why a Fair Economy is Not Incompatible with Growth but Essential to It by Robert Reich/ robertreich. … more →

Tags: Economy, Economics, inequality, Taxes, rich, Wealthy, Robert Reich, Tax Cuts, middle class

Presentation at the launching of the Preliminary Poverty Report (based on the 2008-09 HIES). AusAID Lecture Theater, USP. 2010.

Narsey on Fiji wrote 1 month ago: 2010 USP Launching of Preliminary Fiji Poverty Report 2008-09 At AusAID lecture theater. USP. … more →

Tags: C# 2010, poverty, incomes, HIES

The income distribution and probability

To the left of centre wrote 1 month ago: I haven’t posted for some time so thought I would write something short on a subject about whi … more →

Tags: Wealth, Tax, economic growth, Society, statistics, Income, Coalition Government, Taxation, Gini Index

President Liar, Year One 2008-20093 comments

Kasey Jachim wrote 1 month ago: By Alan Caruba via Tea Party Nation After years of hearing liberals tell us that any criticism of Pr … more →

Tags: Islam, Muslim, Politics, obama, Second Amendment, Immigration, climate change, redistribution of wealth, Barack Obama


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