…Correction to first paragraph (preventing). Beverly Mann sends a note on her thinking: “In a second dissent, Judge Sandra S. Ikuta said that allowing the case to go forward as…

…they did agree to block the existing CLEAN ELECTIONS procedures which have been IN PLACE FOR TWELVE YEARS anyway. Here is a quick e-mail back from Beverly Mann, The Annarborist…

In response to my e-mail on an Oct. 8th decision on McCutchen vs Federal Election Commission by the Supreme Court that could expand the role of money in elections, Beverly…

…PM Subject: Re: Your story on Bain Capital, GM and Chrysler Updated to make the distinction clear. I leave it to Beverly if she wants to change her title and/or…

…increase manufacturing employment. But that doesn’t mean that exporting more goods won’t boost employment: … during the pre-recession slump in manufacturing employment—a period in which manufacturing output was growing thanks…

…employment by small firms grew 13.3% while large firms employment grew 21.8%. That sure does not look like small firms account for 70% of employment growth. Care to show us…

…BLS shows that teen employment at the minimum wage rose 46.1% in 2008 and 50.1% in 2009. This detailed data implies that the rise in the teen unemployment rate from…

…wage employment was 22.2% versus a 2.1% gain in total wage and salary employment. Part of the gain in minimum wage employment is due to wage compression at the bottom….

…which the employment to population ratio declined from 62.7% to 62%. Yet, the reported employment number appears to be higher on September 2003 than it was on October 2002 because…

…Thus, I assume that unemployment is actually closer to its full-employment “constraint” then Krugman. I see a full-employment constraint at around 7%. The constraint is based on deficient effective demand…