I bet you can’t tell me how much is taken from your pay to help fund Social Security and Medicare. I bet you can’t tell me the dollar amount of any payroll […]
MMT it’s the solution to all our problems
Thanks to a reader and his comments on this blog for making me think more about modern monetary theory or MMT. Something I heard about but ignored. According to Stephanie Kelton, a professor […]
If Sen Sanders would only give the full story
Nothing is free, nothing costs zero, everything has a price. The Danes are happy with their welfare state, they don’t mind paying high taxes in return for the state providing for them. […]
You should be paid what you are worth …
… and your fellow workers should know it. Is a bartender with a degree in economics worth more than a bartender with no college education? Where are we going with this simplistic […]
New China Tariffs Increase Costs to U.S. Households
Several studies, including this one, demonstrate that raising the cost of goods (in this case via tariffs) also raises consumer prices and/or reduces demand because of higher prices. If the cost to […]
