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Around The Dial – May 16, 2012

Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:

• The News & Record reports on the gender pay gap in North Carolina.
• Economix points out the lack of a clear definition of “the welfare state.”
• Paul Krugman explains “why we regulate.”
• Andrew Leonard of Salon argues why “tuition is too damn high.”

Learning From The Mistakes Of The Eurocrisis

(Via Naked Capitalism) …  Michael Hudson of the University of Missouri-Kansas City explains what the United States can learn from the Eurocrisis.

Falling Federal Tax Rates

An economic snapshot prepared by the Economic Policy Institute graphs changes in effective federal tax rates by income group between 1995 and 2007. No surprise, but the richest households have fared the best.

Around The Dial – May 15, 2012

Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:

• Dean Baker and Kevin Hassett worry about “the human disaster of unemployment.”
• Suzy Khimm looks into the debate over the American Community Survey.
• Off the Charts rounds about data about Social Security’s finances.
• Rortybomb debunks the latest crop of structural unemployment arguments.

Demographic Change In North Carolina

A new infographic prepared by the Center for American Progress rounds up data pertaining to demographic change in North Carolina during the 2000s.