<= ECON 2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Brazil delivers on hunger promise http://t.co/8Dm4Q9cm #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
New Documents Reveal the Cost of .Ending Poverty. in a Millennium Village: At Least $12,000 Per Household http://t.co/PLxgikeM #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Taxing the poor to help the rich? (Net taxes in NZ) http://t.co/JMg6XmNg #econ2456 (via @EricCrampton)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Charles Murray on The Colbert Report http://t.co/WKyW8NHQ #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
@heydevhey I hope you slept through #econ2456 in bed, not in class... ;)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
How many taxpayers are there really (in South Africa)? http://t.co/9jsCoYK1 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Charles Murray on PBS NewsHour -- Can elites teach the working class how to live? http://t.co/kVvNhGIn #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
New in The Connecticut Economy <http://t.co/qU8vuxOO> Can Economic Equality Add Years to Your Life? <http://t.co/VhLt5KRJ> #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Summer TA employment opportunity for undergrads, working w/ talented elementary & HS students: http://t.co/5vpRvrU4 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
The 99% and the 1%: "The 1 percent as we know it is not the product of the market" http://t.co/i6Yn31p4 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Model Thinking: a free online class with Scott Page that any social science major should consider taking: http://t.co/mf3osD6R #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Allan Meltzer: A Look at the Global One Percent http://t.co/ZsoS0Ab0 #inequality #taxes #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Dear #econ2456 students: How would you grade this if it were an answer to your midterm question? http://t.co/fYrFkoI0
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Dani Rodrik on "Free-Trade Blinders" http://t.co/hTxMKfip #econ2456 (via @MarkThoma)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Does immigration reduce inequality? http://t.co/hJd9jyX7 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Even with coffee & The Ting Tings, running out of steam to grade these midterms... #econ2456 http://t.co/NtfKJHiG
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Stiglitz: Income inequality bad for economy http://t.co/LbfoEEgX #econ2456 (via @MarkThoma)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
$150,000/year is the subjective threshold for being "rich" in America: http://t.co/u29Qc2Kg #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Retweet of Michael Mizrahi (miz)
@szarka #ECON2456 RT @WSJ: An exec at a CT brokerage firm says that $350,000 salary just isn.t enough. .I feel stuck.. http://t.co/tHCAUQAC
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Voices of Wealth and Poverty: Barely Getting By http://t.co/Q9HFs4AT #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Why the super-rich love the UK: http://t.co/OzySyIJ1 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
84 percent of overdraft fees are racked up by just 9 percent of consumers: http://t.co/IvlupHlf #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Peter Thiel sez increased inequality is "secondary truth". "primary truth is...stagnation" http://t.co/JAltSY7e (via @medriscoll) #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
NBER Research Summary: Offshoring, International Trade, and American Workers: http://t.co/zNx5sFTE #econ2456 (via @MarkThoma)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Rare name analysis and wealth convergence--an interesting new (maybe flawed?) look at mobility: http://t.co/hSO4OtSE #inequality #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Charles Murray, a Libertarian who worries about America coming apart along the seams of class: http://t.co/CMxd2RiX #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Krugman vs. Brooks: Both Are Wrong About Murray, sez @mattyglesias: http://t.co/ieJWnDMq #econ2456 #inequality
Rob Szarka (szarka)
sez @bryan_caplan: welfare state undercuts the greatest anti-poverty campaign: immigration http://t.co/metXPFlC #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
#econ2456 RT @TimHarford Tim Besley reviews the new "micro-development" books: http://t.co/tiZg6CsX
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Are food stamps "essential" to America? http://t.co/YMI4XqAj #econ2456 #economics #poverty #SNAP
Rob Szarka (szarka)
As seniors climb from poverty, young fall in: http://t.co/9j7coGQE #econ2456 (via @feeonline)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Harvard and Princeton Clearly Discriminate Against Asian Applicants; the Question Is Whether It's Illegal http://t.co/UJjT7IHK #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Income, More Than Race, Is Driving Achievement Gap: http://t.co/ZZYojMdU #econ2456 #inequality
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Beijing.s Harmonious Families Inspire Class Warfare http://t.co/tBA6hzvE #econ2456 (via @vpostrel)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show http://t.co/OO9gY3KN #economics #inequality #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Think you're part of the 99%? Find out: http://t.co/gZGkea1U #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
RT @veroderugy US Taxes Really Are Unusually Progressive - The Atlantic http://t.co/ppHXY2v1 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Interesting question for #econ2456: RT @mattyglesias Has anyone studied educational attainment among the children of lottery winners?
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Racial Education Gap Narrowing, Income Education Gap Growing http://t.co/e7ckJfNT #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Students: Get a summer job at the NSF: http://t.co/VBiLUxx2 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Virginia Postrel on Charles Murray's .Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960- 2010. http://t.co/MWl74Wk3 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
The Career Consequences of Failing versus Forgetting (@bryan_caplan on human capital vs. signaling): http://t.co/IxeYsZdk #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
On the Progressivity of the U.S. Federal Tax System http://t.co/phB9zUnt #econ2456 #inequality
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Charles Murray on NPR today: Is White, Working Class America 'Coming Apart'? http://t.co/A6RLCkXF #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
What Are Problems the Middle-Class Has That the Poor Don.t? http://t.co/Up7TeBGo #econ2456 (via @mattyglesias)
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Here's a paid summer internship opportunity w/ the Foundation for Economic Education: http://t.co/epWxIluS #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
It.s not just your income, it.s your assets http://t.co/ECtf6agS #economics #poverty #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
The Myth of the Starving Americans http://t.co/hggTzHYe (via @miz) #econ2456 #hunger #us
Rob Szarka (szarka)
To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion? http://t.co/jGobpqN7 #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
The IGM Economic Experts Panel on US income inequality & skills: http://t.co/HsNFqsTc #econ2456 #economics
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Watch @HansRosling discuss a converging China and UK on the BBC: http://t.co/YTUE2mfk #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Idealab Invents Super-Cheap House That Could Shelter 1.5 Billion of the World's Poor http://t.co/ORSSyAoG #livingry #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 http://t.co/jpVcnURx #economics #us #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
The White Man's Burden by @bill_easterly is currently a Gold Box Deal at Amazon: http://t.co/bwJD75Pj #econ2456 #economics
Rob Szarka (szarka)
For my students: info about microfinance. (I've used @microplace to make small investments since 2009.) http://t.co/Mc817a5y #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
Question for class discussion: Does Mitt Romney not know what the average US worker earns, or is he just stupid? #econ2456
Rob Szarka (szarka)
runing slightly late #econ2456
<= ECON 2456