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Here’s to wishing you the best of luck in the birth lottery—you’re going to need it | Heather Boushey
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Here’s to wishing you the best of luck in the birth lottery you’re going to need it. January 23, 2014. Middot; by hboushey. Reposting my piece from The E. Economists are always proving things my Grandmother already knew. Today, we’re learning more about the fact that where you’re born the birth lottery matters for where you’ll end up in life. This research poses a challenge to the Great Gatsby Curve. And less economic mobility. Than most other developed nations. By Chetty and his co-authors finds that wh...
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Cancel Infinity: July 2015
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Occasional musings and irregular investigations. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Depreciation and Income Shares. I would like now to wade briefly into a debate over the gap between growth in productivity and wages. By introducing a bit of modeling fun. It seems clear that— in recent decades— although wage income has grown more slowly than GDP there has been little difference between the growth rate of NDP (GDP net of capital depreciation) and the growth rate of total labor compensation. Monday, July 27, 2015.
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Restless Farewell: December 2006
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Thoughts on the contemporary American project. Sunday, December 31, 2006. Google experiment No. 1: Update. Okay, December 31, 2006 at 3:23pm (local time), the Google querry "Bustifer P. Jones" returns this blog, and only this blog. I'd say that is pretty quick indexing on their part. Keep a look out for Google experiment No. 2, Rustifer P. Nose. Links to this post. Le Boulanger de Bagdad. With the recent demise of Saddam Hussein I’ve been forced to reconsider my post of December 17. 8220;A New Filk”.
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Restless Farewell: January 2007
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Thoughts on the contemporary American project. Monday, January 29, 2007. Below is an excerpt from Fox News. From an interview with Dick Cheney done by Newsweek. If anyone ever doubted the subtlety of Dick's use of language or his Zen-like way of being, surely the quote below will convert you into a believer. Links to this post. Thursday, January 25, 2007. The End of Neo-Liberalism and the New Energy Mercantilism. In early January, when Russia again cut oil exports to Belarus. Thus, for example, the US mu...
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Cancel Infinity: FAQ on Growth Incidence
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Occasional musings and irregular investigations. FAQ on Growth Incidence. I have received quite a number of questions, especially on Twitter, regarding Branko Milanovic’s “elephant graph”— discussed here. Examples from the data would be nice, right? Well, I will probably get to that. Did the 75th-80th percentiles really have no growth for 30 years? If we exclude China, can we say those at the 70th-75th percentiles in 1988 lost 20 percent of their incomes? How does population growth change things? This is...
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Cancel Infinity: Thank Goodness I Did Not Attend GMU
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Occasional musings and irregular investigations. Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Thank Goodness I Did Not Attend GMU. So much Tyler Cowen to criticize here. But I want to focus on one point. The most relevant portion:. At time period zero, a boss hires one hundred workers, who at the time are perceived as being of roughly equal quality and thus are offered the same wage. After a few years on the job, however, some are “keepers,”. While others are being paid more than their. They’re not worth. Cowen treats...
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It Wasn’t Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession. | Heather Boushey
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It Wasn’t Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession. May 22, 2014. Middot; by hboushey. My latest, up on the Atlantic’s website:. It Wasn’t Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession. It was how that debt was disproportionately distributed to America’s most economically fragile communities. Http:/ www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/house-of-debt/371282/. Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). A lovely ...
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November | 2013 | Heather Boushey
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Monthly Archives: November 2013. A loss: Suzanne Bianchi. November 25, 2013. Middot; by hboushey. Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics. How we divide up household chores and care for family members are fundamental economic issues. In order to understand what our economy produces–and how the spoils are distributed–we need to understand how individuals spend their time. Who is available to work outside the home and for how long, who cares for the next generation, and […]. And, we’re off! November 6, 2013.
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October | 2013 | Heather Boushey
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Monthly Archives: October 2013. Let them eat cake! October 1, 2013. Middot; by hboushey. Today is a great day for millions of Americans who need health insurance. As of today, they will be able to shop for a health insurance plan and they cannot be denied coverage because they have a so-called “pre-existing condition.” The plans are affordable as the cost is on a sliding scale. This is a […]. A lovely (and insightful) history of the Burkini. politico.eu/article/austra. LBO News from Doug Henwood. Paid fa...
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