RE: A little rant about NPR propaganda on unemployment

2001-12-03 Thread Max Sawicky
Reciting trends in wages and incomes doesn't get you very far in politics, truth be known . . . mbs Subject: [PEN-L:20293] A little rant about NPR propaganda on unemployment I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a brief report on unemployment benefits paid by states. They had an

RE: RE: A little rant about NPR propaganda on unemployment

2001-12-03 Thread Devine, James
bill writes: I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a brief report on unemployment benefits paid by states. They had an economist from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) on to describe the basic facts. . . . mbs, a ph.d. at epi writes: Reciting trends in wages and incomes doesn't

RE: RE: RE: A little rant about NPR propaganda on unemployment

2001-12-03 Thread Max Sawicky
Jeff Wenger, who does excellent work. I was not referring to him in particular, but to us (incl this list) in general. mbs who was this EPI economist? jd