23rd of April 2014
Review roundup: Some contrarian take's on Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century"
I’ve not read the book. Yet. But I’ve enjoyed reading the reviews of Thomas Piketty’s controversial, celebrated, and widely cited book on income inequality, capital and labor. Here are a few for you. Robert J. Samuelson in the Washington Post: Though Piketty is an economist, his book is essentially a work of political science. He […]
19th of February 2014
From SeaTac to Chattanooga, tracing the links between the minimum wage and union organizing in the South
Small elections have big consequences. We know that in Washington. Consider the SeaTac Prop. 1 vote for a $15 minimum wage (and a host of other labor-protection measures) and the Boeing Machinists vote that secured the Boeing 777X work here. A similarly consequential vote took place at the Volkswagon plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week. […]