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The NY Times is Depressed Social Security Benefits Might Not Be Cut?CEPR / July 26, 2011
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Case-Shiller Index Shows Housing Price Increases for Second MonthDean Baker / July 26, 2011
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Annualized Percentage Change in Owners' Equivalent Rent, Jan. 2001-June 2011CEPR / July 26, 2011
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Case-Shiller Index Rises for the Second Consecutive Month in MayDean Baker / July 26, 2011
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CollegeCatherine Rampell had a post last week declaring that “College is (Still) Worth It“. The piece is the latest in a series that she and her Economix blog colleague, David Leonhardt, have written on the financial benefits of college.
I agree with Rampell and Leonhardt that college is, on average, a good investment for the people who make it. But, Rampell and Leonhardt’s posts completely sidestep the key issue: why is it that when confronted with compelling evidence that college pays a big financial dividend, so many young people still don’t get a college degree?
Heather Boushey and I argue that the short answer is that for a surprising share of college graduates, the large price tag may actually not pay off.
Rampell’s latest installment includes this nice graph of weekly earnings by worker characteristics, including educational attainment on the right-hand side:
Source: New York Times, Bureau of Labor Statistics
CEPR and / July 26, 2011
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The New York Times Bemoans the Lost Opportunity to Cut Social Security and Raise the Age of Medicare Eligibility to 67Dean Baker / July 26, 2011
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President Obama Doesn't Understand the Origins of the DeficitDean Baker / July 26, 2011
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The Payroll Tax Cut: A Stimulus That Progressives Should OpposeDean Baker
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Pain with the Consumer Price IndexDean Baker
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Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander WorkersHye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, , and / July 25, 2011
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Jamaica Remains Buried Under a Mountain of Debt, Despite RestructuringMark Weisbrot / July 25, 2011
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Conventional Economics Works Fine, the Problem is That Robert Samuelson Doesn't Know Conventional EconomicsDean Baker / July 25, 2011
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Marketplace Radio Warns That the U.S. Economy Will Be Harmed If China Agrees to Raise the Value of Its CurrencyDean Baker / July 25, 2011
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Does the Post Have Polls Showing Centrists Want Cuts to Social Security and Medicare?Dean Baker / July 25, 2011
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Why Is Europe Less Concerned About U.S. Default Than Asia?Dean Baker / July 25, 2011
