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15 Nov

Labor Force Participation Rate is a Non-Issue

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here In my recent piece on U-6, I mentioned that the labor force participation rate (LFPR) is a favorite target for critics...

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12 Nov

Stephen Moore Unwittingly Advocates for Higher Minimum Wages

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. In the wake of last Friday’s October jobs release, conservative economist Stephen Moore (Heritage Foundation,...

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9 Nov

Stop Hyperventilating Over U-6

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. Since the economy’s been more or less chugging along like The Little Engine That Could, those with an agenda are...

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5 Nov

Dori Monson Flogs Faulty Seattle Min Wage Data

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. Conservative Seattle talk show host Dori Monson had the (conservative) Washington Policy Center’s (WPC) Erin...

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15 Oct

Dunkin’ Donuts Closures and Min Wage: Nothing to See Here

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: In a “story” that minimum wage critics couldn’t wait to latch on to, Speedway, a wholly-owned...

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14 Oct

Is Dodd-Frank Choking Small Banks & Businesses?

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. AEI’s Peter Wallison recently described why America is in the midst of a “slow economic recovery,” which...

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9 Oct

World Did Not End, Please Continue With Your Day

by Barry Ritholtz
Predicting the end if the world has long been a money losing bet.   Source: Economist  

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7 Oct

Migrant Maps

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: WSJ

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30 Sep

Curly Joins Moe & Larry on Seattle Min Wage

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus Moe and Larry on Seattle’s minimum wage are now joined by Curly, a fellow by the name of Mike Patton, whose recent...

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23 Sep

Revisiting Seattle and Its New Minimum Wage

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus In yet another assault on economics, which is already begging for mercy in the wake of his ongoing intellectual dishonesty,...

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