Rich States, Poor States
Rich States, Poor States

Author: Texas. Governor (2000- : Perry)

Publisher:

Published: 2013-05-23

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780985377939

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ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index

The One Percent Solution
The One Percent Solution

Author: Gordon Lafer

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1501708171

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In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all fifty state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.In an era of growing economic insecurity, it turns out that one of the main reasons life is becoming harder for American workers is a relentless—and concerted—offensive by the country’s best-funded and most powerful political forces: corporate lobbies empowered by the Supreme Court to influence legislative outcomes with an endless supply of cash. These actors have successfully championed hundreds of new laws that lower wages, eliminate paid sick leave, undo the right to sue over job discrimination, and cut essential public services.Lafer shows how corporate strategies have been shaped by twenty-first-century conditions—including globalization, economic decline, and the populism reflected in both the Trump and Sanders campaigns of 2016. Perhaps most important, Lafer shows that the corporate legislative agenda has come to endanger the scope of democracy itself. For anyone who wants to know what to expect from corporate-backed Republican leadership in Washington, D.C., there is no better guide than this record of what the same set of actors has been doing in the state legislatures under its control.

Labor in the Time of Trump
Labor in the Time of Trump

Author: Jasmine Kerrissey

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2020-01-15

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1501746618

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Labor in the Time of Trump critically analyzes the right-wing attack on workers and unions and offers strategies to build a working–class movement. While President Trump's election in 2016 may have been a wakeup call for labor and the Left, the underlying processes behind this shift to the right have been building for at least forty years. The contributors show that only by analyzing the vulnerabilities in the right-wing strategy can the labor movement develop an effective response. Essays in the volume examine the conservative upsurge, explore key challenges the labor movement faces today, and draw lessons from recent activist successes. Donald Cohen, founder and executive director of In the Public Interest; Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of Solidarity Divided; Shannon Gleeson, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Sarah Jaffe, co-host of Dissent Magazine's Belabored podcast; Cedric Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Klein, Yale University; Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center; Jose La Luz, labor activist and public intellectual; Nancy MacLean, Duke University; MaryBe McMillan, President of the North Carolina state AFL-CIO; Jon Shelton, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay; Lara Skinner, The Worker Institute at Cornell University; Kyla Walters, Sonoma State University

Supply Side Economics
Supply Side Economics

Author: Fouad Sabry

Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable

Published: 2024-02-05

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13:

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What is Supply Side Economics Supply-side economics is a macroeconomic theory postulating that economic growth can be most effectively fostered by lowering taxes, decreasing regulation, and allowing free trade. According to supply-side economics, consumers will benefit from greater supplies of goods and services at lower prices, and employment will increase. Supply-side fiscal policies are designed to increase aggregate supply, as opposed to aggregate demand, thereby expanding output and employment while lowering prices. Such policies are of several general varieties:Investments in human capital, such as education, healthcare, and encouraging the transfer of technologies and business processes, to improve productivity. Encouraging globalized free trade via containerization is a major recent example.Tax reduction, to provide incentives to work, invest and take risks. Lowering income tax rates and eliminating or lowering tariffs are examples of such policies.Investments in new capital equipment and research and development (R&D), to further improve productivity. Allowing businesses to depreciate capital equipment more rapidly gives them an immediate financial incentive to invest in such equipment.Reduction in government regulations, to encourage business formation and expansion. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Supply-side economics Chapter 2: Reaganomics Chapter 3: Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 Chapter 4: Fiscal policy Chapter 5: Arthur Laffer Chapter 6: Jude Wanniski Chapter 7: Tax cut Chapter 8: Trickle-down economics Chapter 9: Dynamic scoring Chapter 10: Stephen Moore (writer) Chapter 11: Fiscal conservatism Chapter 12: Tax efficiency Chapter 13: Bush tax cuts Chapter 14: Larry Kudlow Chapter 15: Laffer curve Chapter 16: Political debates about the United States federal budget Chapter 17: Deficit reduction in the United States Chapter 18: Kansas experiment Chapter 19: Reagan tax cuts Chapter 20: Economic policy of the Donald Trump administration Chapter 21: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (II) Answering the public top questions about supply side economics. (III) Real world examples for the usage of supply side economics in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Supply Side Economics.