GDP and American (Non-)Exceptionalism: Again Some More
…have much more free time for unpaid work, counting it would presumably increase their GDP by an even greater percentage. If this thinking holds water, you’d expect to see other…
…have much more free time for unpaid work, counting it would presumably increase their GDP by an even greater percentage. If this thinking holds water, you’d expect to see other…
…(This locution is the most egregious example I’ve seen of economists shilling for creditors. Witness its widespread repetition by said creditors, their congressional toadies, and their money-media water carriers.) You…
…post water power forthe city. A local person who was eventually governor of the state iscredited with bring $6,000,000 of foreign investment into the cityearly turn of the century. At…
…its head above water. The corporatist agenda that favors big business (and its owners) facilitates the capture of the state for the benefit of the rich–lobbyists swarm legislators, and campaign…
…Europe are stickier than what is needed to effectively drive the terms of trade via internal devaluation. Better put: downward pressure in European wages moves more like molasses than water;…
…potential longterm environmental impact on drinking water aquifers or historical preservation impact. It would provide yet another tax reduction for US corporations that have paid less and less taxes over…
…poor country with big ambitions. Most villages at that time were without running water or electricity and people still wore the traditional clothing, both men and women. There was no…
…ended up as the high water mark, but the following three years have all seen procurement funding of about $30B included in war funding.5 In all, $232.8B or 22 percent…
…same discussion—could tell David Axelrod that the U.S. needs to create between 110,000 and 150,000 jobs a month just to tread water on unemployment. Maybe they ballpark it at 125,000….
…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…