The following is part one of a two-part essay on the reasons for the growth of Socialism in 2010s America. Above: Residents protest evictions in San Francisco, where Sillicon Valley’s gentrification has resulted in skyrocketing housing costs and growing homelessness (credit: Zelda Bronstein, The Nation/Ted Gullicksen, Antievictionmappingproject.net). One out of three millennials in Donald Trump’s America...
The Tompkins County Legislature voted 13-1 on Tuesday to support New York’s plan to increase the statewide minimum wage to $15 by 2021. According to the Ithaca Voice, two of the legislature’s three Republicans, David McKenna and Glenn Morey, voted to support the minimum wage boost. The lone dissenter was Republican Michael Sigler. Sigler was...
Recent volatility in domestic and international stock markets can be attributed to a variety of factors, but has mainly been driven by a crash in the overvalued Chinese stock market. Quantitative easing and other market manipulation techniques have been at the forefront of Chinese economic policy before and during the crash, and all to no...
– The 1990 page House health care bill is out. – Bloggers say the economy will still be the main issue for the 2010 midterms. – Obama may be taking his time in deciding what to do in Afghanistan, but the American people aren’t sure about the country’s purpose in Central Asia either. – Publishers...
It’s a comprehensive list of the “100 Best Blogs for Econ Students.” I’ve read about a fifth of these at some point. As always, I highly recommend Marginal Revolution, Becker-Posner, and Overcoming Bias, but most of these are quality economics blogs.