Category Archives: Economics and the like

New poll data on abortion

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Ampersand

Via Tapped, this PEW center poll has an interesting abortion question; rather than asking about banning or not banning, or about Roe, they asked if people opposed or favored “making it more difficult for a woman to get an abortion.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Economics and the like, Elections and politics, Same-Sex Marriage | 91 Comments

Myth: The Wage Gap is Caused by Men’s Higher Pay for Dangerous Jobs (wage gap series, part 10)

Posted on May 9, 2005 by Ampersand

(This is one of a series of posts on the wage gap.) Over on Amanda’s blog, reader “JenK” writes: Men are more willing to take on dangerous jobs so can find better paying jobs than those who are not willing … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Gender and the Economy, The Wage Gap Series | 102 Comments

Wal-Mart: Enemy of the Free Market

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Ampersand

Via Prometheus 6, an article on TomPaine.com points out that Wal-Mart – praised by Republicans like Dick Cheney as an ideal example of the free market at work – could never exist in a genuinely free market. Putting aside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 48 Comments

More Single Women Buying Homes

Posted on April 3, 2005 by Ampersand

From News 14 Carolina: The National Retail Association reports in 2003 single women bought one in five homes. That’s close to two million homes. The share of homes bought by single women has increased about 33 percent over the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Feminism, sexism, etc | 154 Comments

The office of the future

Posted on February 7, 2005 by Ampersand

Demi at Pilgrim’s Progress links to LA Mom, who in turn links to this photo-essay (with music) of the working environment at Motherhood magazine. As Demi writes: There is no reason whatsoever to think that every office couldn’t look something … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like, Gender and the Economy | 34 Comments

Ask a 19th Century Whaling Expert

Posted on February 7, 2005 by Ampersand

You should go over to Crooked Timber and read “Ask a Nineteenth Century Whaling Expert,” in which Ted asks an expert (Kenneth Gardner) how it is that whales were so valuable.: I’m baffled at the economics of nineteenth-century whaling. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 1 Comment

CEO Pay (cartoon for Dollars and Sense)

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Ampersand
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like | 11 Comments

The Myth of Social Security's Bankrupcy: Blame Clinton, Too

Posted on October 20, 2004 by Ampersand

Kevin Drum writes: Out of all the possible problems to address in America, Social Security is probably not even in the top ten. It’s solvent for at least the next 40 years, and possibly the next 50, even if we … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 14 Comments

How third world debt hurts women

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Ampersand

An “Alas” reader – I apologize, but I don’t remember which one – pointed out this excellent British article on how the third world debt crisis harms women. Here, for instance, is a discussion of what happens with the World … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 9 Comments

Hotel Cleaners Working Conditions

Posted on September 28, 2004 by Ampersand

Interesting Washington Post article about the working conditions of hotel cleaners in D.C.; management has been gradually getting them to do more and more work while the pay has only increased enough to keep up with cost of living. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the like | 1 Comment