…is nevertheless alarming in a period when gross domestic product per capita and the gross wages of employees rise at much lower rates. … Although the family’s contribution of $8,584…

…work, so the contribution of such work to GDP would be higher in EU countries. Following the data trail back from the SCB piece led me to Cooking, Caring and…

…only positive contribution to GDP growth was imports – this type of technical growth is not sustainable. As the chart below illustrates, exports has been a major driver of growth…

…increased participation of seniors is the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement packages. As a consequence more and more seniors have found they could not afford to retire…

…both inflation and real growth in wages. Your benefit is calculated based on your adjusted contribution. It is “paid for” (directly) by the contributions of those still working… who will…

…must be doing it better than the private sector. It pained me to type Wyden in the title, because I think he is responsible for the best contribution to the…

…Warm Wind At the Backs of Some, Generated Off the Backs of Others Yesterday, I learned in this Mother Jones article that workers have increased their contribution to government revenue…

…Heritage-supported tax policies would result in even more offshoring and even less corporate tax contribution to the fisc, which is already terribly low at around 2-3% of GDP. For additional…

…economists and analysts optimistic that trade could make a significant positive contribution to growth in coming quarters. But the improvement has almost all stemmed from petroleum. The real trade balance…

…DeLong. While I think Mark Thoma had a more compelling discussion of the fairness issue, my contribution, which Brad was so kind to highlight, goes to the simple arithmetic of…