[using the House MD icon, because though I don't have an economics icon, I do have one with a medical bent ( Read more... )

Professor Reich (former Secty. of Labor) wrote a post on his blog about the necessary priorities for the coming administration, specifically economics. He writes that since the economic downturn (mini-bagel, not a Great Bagel) is consumer based--which is to say that as consumer wages have failed so far to keep up with costs, consumers have ( Read more... )

From Harper's Index for October 2006:Minimum amount of USDA farm subsidies since 2000 that have been paid out to people who do not farm: $1,300,000,000

Minimum value of “small business” contracts given out by the U.S. last year that went to Fortune 500 firms: $1,200,000,000
Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control SystemI get ( Read more... )