Today the Christian Science Monitor — which in general has been doing some outstanding reporting since going online-only last year — hands over a page in its business section to the old argument, favored by conservatives, that poverty rates don’t … Continue reading
For anyone wondering whether Obama’s reported plan to give lots of investment tax breaks to businesses is really that bright an idea, Robert Reich today gives a resounding “no way, no how“: The economy needs two whopping corporate tax cuts … Continue reading
Looking back at the legacy of New York Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff’s development projects, with three years of hindsight: Two seemingly unrelated news items from the last month: The tunnel boring machine digging the extension of the number 7 subway … Continue reading
I’ve been mostly on vacation this month, but tonight at 8:25 pm Eastern I return to the media fray with an appearance on Brian Kenny’s ESPN Radio show to talk about sports ticket prices. You can listen in, hm, looks … Continue reading
I went to a city hearing on giving tax breaks to an alleged union-busting firm for new office space, and more or less lived to tell the tale: Meetings of the Industrial Development Agency – the city agency in charge … Continue reading
The latest New York City test scores are out, and as I predicted back in January, they show that what looked like improvement was more like a test-score bubble: The New York state education department issued its annual test scores … Continue reading
New York’s farmers markets and farm share co-ops are spreading like crabgrass, but if you rely on food stamps for your shopping dollars, many still remain out of reach: Sometime in the last year, New York City reached a milestone: … Continue reading
More on George Steinbrenner, the Great Philanthropist: Poor dead George Steinbrenner doesn’t even have a grave to spin in yet, and already he’s being raked over the coals for his past sins. First came Jim Dwyer’s recounting of The Boss’s … Continue reading
I went to the laundromat today to find that the cost of using the large washing machines had been lowered, from $3.50 to $2.75. Somebody warn Krugman! (Okay, I’m not actually going to drive the economy off a cliff by … Continue reading