Economics and Corruption related links 050716

Almost two-thirds of people in the labor force do not have a college degree

http://www.epi.org/publication/almost-two-thirds-of-people-in-the-labor-force-do-not-have-a-college-degree/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58250973

 

Analysts React to California’s Proposed $15 Minimum Wage: ‘A Blunt Approach’

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/28/analysts-react-to-californias-proposed-15-minimum-wage-a-blunt-approach/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=bc084127fa-EPI_News_04_01_164_1_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-bc084127fa-58250973

 

The controversial reason tens of thousands of people just lost their food stamps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/01/why-tens-of-thousands-of-americas-poorest-people-just-lost-their-food-stamps/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

The $15 minimum wage sweeping the nation might kill jobs — and that’s okay

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/01/the-15-minimum-wage-sweeping-the-nation-might-kill-jobs-and-thats-okay/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/21/kansas-has-found-the-ultimate-way-to-punish-the-poor/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

A top expert on tax havens explains why the Panama Papers barely scratch the surface

http://www.vox.com/2016/4/8/11371712/panama-papers-tax-haven-zucman

 

It’s time to raise, not lower, corporate income taxes

http://www.epi.org/publication/its-time-to-raise-not-lower-corporate-income-taxes/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

Paid Sick Leave comments

http://www.epi.org/publication/paid-sick-leave-comments/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

An ambitious investment in child care can boost women’s labor force participation and narrow the gender wage gap

http://www.epi.org/publication/an-ambitious-investment-in-child-care-can-boost-womens-labor-force-participation-and-narrow-the-gender-wage-gap/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

Minimum Wage Increases and the Economy

http://www.c-span.org/video/?407467-3/washington-journal-roundtable-minimum-wage-increases&utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

An Important Reminder That The Pay Gap Is Not Just A ‘Women’s Issue’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gender-pay-gap-affects-everyone_us_570d0be0e4b0836057a25b16?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

It’s amazing what America could do with the money the rich hide overseas

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/09/its-amazing-what-america-could-do-with-the-money-the-rich-hide-overseas/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

The crippling thing about growing up poor that stays with you forever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/the-crippling-thing-about-growing-up-poor-that-stays-with-you-forever/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

5 Things to Know About Inheriting an IRA

https://communities.usaa.com/t5/Financial-Advice-Blog/5-Things-to-Know-About-Inheriting-an-IRA/ba-p/86629

 

Free college tuition activist wipes the floor with Fox News during live interview

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1516918/-Free-college-tuition-activist-wipes-the-floor-with-Fox-News-during-live-interview?detail=email&link_id=13&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

The government is not a person and the national debt is not a crisis

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1516088/-The-government-is-not-a-person-and-the-national-debt-is-not-a-crisis?detail=email&link_id=15&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

Could You Come Up With $400 If Disaster Struck?

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/24/475432149/could-you-come-up-with-400-if-disaster-struck?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160501&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews

 

The Class of 2016 - The labor market is still far from ideal for young graduates

http://www.epi.org/publication/class-of-2016/?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c9f8e6630b-EPI_News_04_29_164_29_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c9f8e6630b-58250973

 

PA Fair Trade Coalition

http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/pennsylvania/

 

Recovery Cockroaches

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/recovery-cockroaches/?smid=tw-nytimeskrugman&smtyp=cur&_r=0

 

The party winds down - Across the world, politically connected tycoons are feeling the squeeze

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21698239-across-world-politically-connected-tycoons-are-feeling-squeeze-party-winds