Category Archives: Economics and the like

Until every single penny is gone

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Kay Olson

This was originally posted on both The Gimp Parade and Echidne of the Snakes in August 2006. Because it’s an election year, I thought it was appropriate to repost this now while I have a bigger audience than I usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues, Economics and the like | 7 Comments

Median Income – Bad Data Alert

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Ampersand

Yesterday I posted the above map, and I see that many lefty bloggers have done the same. However, as Jane Galt points out, the data behind the map was put together very poorly, and the statistics given on the map … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 1 Comment

Disagreeing With Dignan: The Politics Of Poverty And Welfare

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Ampersand

Via Religious Left Online, I ran into Dignan’s post on “The Politics of Poverty.” Dignan criticizes both the right and left approaches to fighting poverty (although the solution he settles on is fairly right-wing), but in this post I’m gonig … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 78 Comments

The Deficit Is FDR's Fault!

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Ampersand

Right-wing groupie tank/magazine Human Events has published their picks for the ten most harmful books of the 19th and 20th centuries. The list lumps in Mao and Hitler with Betty Friedan and John Maynard Keynes. The entry explaining Keynes’ inclusion … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 4 Comments

Giving Relative Income A Sense Of Scale

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Ampersand

This is interesting. What the graph shows is the relative income of the top 1% of 400 earners in the US (that’s the tall green bar, all the way to the right) compared to the other 99.99% of us (that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 10 Comments

Quote: The Libertarian Vice

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Ampersand

From Marginal Revolution: The libertarian vice is to assume that the quality of government is fixed. […] If the quality of government is fixed, the battle is then “government vs. market.” Not everyone will agree with libertarian views, but libertarians … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Libertarianism | 3 Comments

Is this the New Patriarchy or Economic Restructuring?

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Rachel S.

Luke directed my attention to this article from the New York Times. The general premise of the article is that an increasing number of men are out of the labor force. Here is a quote: Millions of men like Mr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Gender and the Economy | 37 Comments

Debt Collecting Thugs & Small Claims Courts Gang Up On The Poor

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Ampersand

Sheelzebub emails that “The Boston Globe is doing a spotlight report on the abusive practices of debt collectors, which includes seizing the property of people who have already paid their debts.” One thing I found particularly outrageous, if true, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 6 Comments

Special Geeky Guest Post: The politics of Firefly and Serenity

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Maia

Think of your favourite political movement, right now think of your favourite television executive producer. See given the subject of this blog means that I’m guessing a fair number of people came up with feminism and Joss Whedon. Well guess … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc., Economics and the like, Feminism, sexism, etc | 50 Comments

The Richest and Poorest Counties and Cities in the US

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Rachel S.

A reader asked that I expand on the earlier post about the poorest counties and richest cities in the US.  His question was really good, so I went back and looked at the data (since I collected it months … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 28 Comments