More on the Middle East
The NYT reports today of further developments in the Middle East. Jordan’s Royal Palace says the king has sacked his government in the wake of street protests and has asked an ex-army general to form a...
View ArticleDefine Rich V: Looking at the historical labor economy
We are taking a little side trip inthis series of defining rich based on the prior tax rate schedulesbut, this post is keeping with the process of looking at history formarkers as to the definition of...
View ArticleThe Best Data on Middle Class Decline (Updated)
by Kenneth Thomas who writes The Middle Class Economist(corrected author name) The Best Data on Middle Class Decline (Updated) The flurry of posts earlier this month on middle class decline (me, Lane...
View ArticleWhat is the Economic Middle Class?
My lovely wife shared this link with me on Facebook. I got into a discussion in comments there with a right winger who suggested that $250,000 was a very reasonable estimate for median income in...
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