Via Southern Education Foundation: Students are eligible for free meals if they live in households with no more than 135 percent of the poverty level, and they qualify for reduced-price meals if household income is no more than 185 percent of the poverty level. In 2013, the federal poverty threshold was $23,550 for a family […]

by Joseph Joyce To fix or not to fix: Jeffry Frieden’s “Currency Politics” The decision by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its peg to the euro serves as an example of the relatively limited life spans of fixed exchange rate regimes. While the fragility of exchange rate commitments has been known since the publication […]

Well, my west of Boston town has had about 75 inches of snow in the last couple weeks.  Any one have stories??   I believe Kenneth Thomas has moved to Boston a week or so before the storms, and “what a welcome!” pops into mind  for someone from the St. Louis area.

by Joseph Joyce Inequalities, National and Global The publication of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century brought attention to an issue that has been slowly seeping into public discourse. President Obama’s State of the Union address made it clear that we will not need to wait until the 2016 Presidential campaign to hear proposals […]

We had about 33 inches of snow with the blizzard Juno. Luckily it was a light and fluffy snow, so there was little damage for electric lines and such. (The storm was a reminder to check ocean temperatures and effects on weather.)