A boom in shale gas? Credit the feds. By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus (hat tip to Barry Ritholtz) Since the high-profile bankruptcy of Solyndra, the solar company that received…

…not be the best explanation for the decrease already in train in the participation rate. “Demographic trends are pushing down, over time, the normal labor force participation rate,” said Michael…

by Robert Waldmann (lifted from Stochastic Thoughts) Fiction In the Washington Post I don’t want to make this a daily feature but Anthony Faiola and Michael Birnbaum made it hard…

…the tax hikes that Newt seems to be advocating in context. For this, I’m going to steal a graph from Presimetrics, the book I coauthored with Michael Kanell. In it,…

…history and shift blame from the bad ideas and terrible policies that created it. In particular, Barry is interested in this: Take for example New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s statement…

…namely, that life expectancy is declining. The article discusses some of the probable causes and implications. It interestingly omits rising income disparity as a culprit. We quoted Michael Prowse on…

…Crises–Kumhof & Ranciere Nov 2010 IMF working paper [guest post by Clifford D. Clark] Michael Kumhof’s and Romain Ranciere’s November 2010 paper relates income inequality to national economic crises, particularly…

…UPDATE: Michael Swanwick shows how easy it can be: It’s Halloween! So Marianne and I went down to City Hall to donate a case of water, a box of granola…

…gains); privatization wherever possible (Perry’s plan for privatization of whatever Social Security remains after the afore-mentioned gutting; privatization of schools, firefighters, bridges, highways, etc.); and continued militarization. Michael Kingsley noted…

…the vulnerable, the poor, and the elderly who are thrust back into neofeudal serfdom under the corporate masters of the universe. Michael Kingsley and Francis Wilkerson agree with me on…