Economics and Corruption related links 120615

Heartland of Darkness

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/heartland-of-darkness/?_r=0

 

Prostitution A personal choice

http://www.economist.com/node/21611063?cid1=d/dsp/Outbrain/dyn/21611063/20151006-00:00am/paid/display-LA/BR-LC/BRPII/n/subs/US/BR-VT

Elizabeth Warren On Social Security and Marco Rubio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrkfGmjM2BE#t=125

 

Despair American Style

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/33396-focus-paul-krugman-despair-american-style

 

Despair, American Style

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/opinion/despair-american-style.html?_r=0

 

Robert Reich The Big Struggle Is the Financial Elite vs Everyone Else

http://www.alternet.org/economy/robert-reich-big-struggle-financial-elite-vs-everyone-else?akid=13656.342135.lIzFx2&rd=1&src=newsletter1045707&t=12

 

Almost Half of America’s Workers Make Less Than $15 an Hour

http://www.alternet.org/labor/almost-half-americas-workers-make-less-15-hour?akid=13656.342135.lIzFx2&rd=1&src=newsletter1045707&t=14

 

All 50 States Were Just Given a Corruption Test, All But 3 Made D’s and F’s

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/all-50-states-were-just-given-corruption-test-all-3-made-ds-and-fs?akid=13656.342135.lIzFx2&rd=1&src=newsletter1045707&t=22

 

Americas Worst Charities

http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

 

This is not what meritocracy looks like

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/03/1350389/-This-is-not-what-meritocracy-looks-like?detail=emailclassic

 

How $15 minimum wage fight became a juggernaut in three years (+video)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/1112/How-15-minimum-wage-fight-became-a-juggernaut-in-three-years-video

 

Does It Pay To Pay Teachers $100,000?

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/11/19/455378792/does-it-pay-to-pay-teachers-100-000?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151122&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews

 

Water Resistance Trial Underway in Detroit

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33580-focus-water-resistance-trial-underway-in-detroit

 

Republicans’ Lust for Gold

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33632-focus-republicans-lust-for-gold

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/opinion/republicans-lust-for-gold.html

 

The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress NOVEMBER 2015

https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf

 

Campaign for Postal Banking

http://www.campaignforpostalbanking.org/

 

America's Descent into a Third-World-Style Kleptocracy

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/americas-descent-third-world-style-kleptocracy?akid=13707.342135.CN1nCm&rd=1&src=newsletter1046298&t=13

 

Updating an annual tradition: Arguing economics at the dinner table      

http://www.epi.org/blog/updating-an-annual-tradition-arguing-economics-at-the-dinner-table/

 

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Weasels out of Promise to Roll Back Insane Cost Increase of Pills

http://www.alternet.org/economy/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-weasels-out-promise-roll-back-insane-cost-increase-pills?akid=13711.342135.1TEMbw&rd=1&src=newsletter1046369&t=21

 

What Are the Only 3 States That Score Higher Than a D+ in the Corruption Index?

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/what-are-only-3-states-score-higher-d-corruption-index?akid=13718.342135.Cl70QF&rd=1&src=newsletter1046419&t=18

 

Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33802-corruption-is-as-bad-in-the-us-as-in-developing-countries

 

Property Tax Elimination Raises Taxes on Middle Class to Cut Taxes for Affluent

https://pennbpc.org/PropertyTaxElimination

 

Inequality and the City

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/opinion/inequality-and-the-city.html?_r=1

 

Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans

http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~jnd260/cab/CAB2012%20-%20Page1.pdf

 

Challenging the Oligarchy

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/12/17/robert-reich-challenging-oligarchy/

 

Eviction is a cause - not a symptom - of poverty

http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/blogs/thinktank&id=360597831