…trend is unmistakable: compared a a year ago, 48 states have seen their unemployment rate increase with 34 percent increasing more than one percentage point. The Economic Policy Institute reminds…

…not heed the historical record of battles within both theaters leads to poor tactics. The Wealthy institute tactics based on non-rational analysis moving them further from their desired goal. Thus,…

…Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va., think tank, the project would be headed toward extinction if not for powerful New England politicians.” So many…

by rdan In a spirit of cooperation, I have lifted this post from Tim Schilling (economist and Asst. Dir. Powell Institute) blog MV=PQ. It is geared for a lesson plan…

…are not the priorities of a high quality health care system. The CommonHealth PR logic needs to be kept as far away from the proposed Comparative Effectiveness Institute—and health care…

…need to squeeze the hazardous waste out of the system; the need for a comparative effectiveness institute that is truly insulated from Congress and lobbyists; the need to co-ordinate care;…

…on the subject. Update 5: The Brookings Institute has a well read paper on Social Security that confirms much of what we say. Interpretation may vary on some particulars. MCCAIN:…

…“That’s small potatoes. Jason’s economic agenda goes way beyond that,” Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute said. “That’s not anything close to a deal breaker.” Well ok? If the…

Here at Sustainability Institute, we develop computer simulation models to investigate such issues. Over the past couple of years we’ve worked with economists and farm leaders to model the corn…

The Milken Institute had a conference that included Professor Mark Thoma of Economist’s View, Felix Salmon of Market Movers, Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism, and Paul Kedrosky of Infectious Greed….