…Louis measured the economic cost of child poverty by quantifying the costs of lower economic productivity, higher healthcare costs, and costs associated with crime, homelessness, and child maltreatment. The authors acknowledge that…

…Yet, in fact, immigrants are on average more law-abiding than native-born Americans. But economic issues matter too. Stephen Miller and his ilk claim that immigrants have inflicted massive economic damage,…

…to do so. And hospitals have to treat patient who come to them. “What Is the Economic Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements?” MedCity News A new report warns, the proposed…

…at playing. The lawyerly society also includes a commitment to proceduralism and protecting wealth. Economically, the United States has experienced strong economic growth relative to other Western countries combined with…

Passing along a note from Michael Perelman at Econospeak: The Matrix: The Intersection of War, Economic Theory, and the Economy Vincent Portillo and I are working on a new book,…

by Mike Kimel Explaining Why Low Tax Rates are Correlated with Slower Economic Growth, Once Again One of the regular mysteries facing economists is why the US economy fails to…

…the budget process of state legislatures, and in this way unconstitutionally infringes on state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment. Enter Romney, and the economic/budget plan he announced last Friday, in…

By: Daniel Becker There is some new information from Adam Hersh of Center for American Progress showing what has happened in the states that have followed the conservative economic approach…

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt The Pain of Economic Change Michigan is the only state in the union showing a net negative population trend in the recent census report, and…

…of declining economic growth and that only by increasing economic growth will the ratio be brought down. This may cause an initial rise in the ratio because of debt financing…