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10 Sep

On Scaring Minimum Wage Workers

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus The opening paragraph of this CNNMoney piece (over one year ago) perfectly captures a growing sentiment that I’ve seen...

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1 Sep

More Food for Thought on Seattle Minimum Wage

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus (Pun intended in the title) There are myriad factors that typically go into determining the success or failure of any...

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18 Aug

Mark Perry Doesn’t Understand Geography

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: As I recently highlighted, Mark Perry – an AEI scholar and professor of economics – is playing very fast...

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13 Aug

Farm-to-Table for Bad Information

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus   I am reminded of the above law each and every day. And a law it is. Inviolable. No sooner had I posted the other day...

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28 Jul

Chipotle Spices Up The Minimum Wage Discussion

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus If you’re just joining us, here’s our story thus far: Some on the right took a fairly benign article out of a...

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26 Jul

Bill Gates Walks Out of a Bar – Of Means & Medians

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus Among the more overlooked data sources out there is the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). My guess as...

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29 Jun

Shifting the Goalposts in Seattle Minimum Wage Debate

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here It’s been a few months since the first increase in the Seattle minimum wage (see here for the schedule of bump...

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21 Jun

Red State, Blue State: Kansas & Washington

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. We have interesting experiments going on in the state of Kansas and the city of Seattle. Herewith a brief update on...

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19 Jun

Bring Back the Drachma!

by Barry Ritholtz
The never ending sturm und drang over the state of Greek debt, membership in the euro zone and the potential shocks of a debt default...

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14 May

More Proof Of America’s Inadequate Infrastructure

by Barry Ritholtz
The details are still being sorted out on the deadly Amtrak crash that killed at least six people earlier this week and injured 100s...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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