Category Archives: Wisconsin
Dispatches XXVI: So Much for Shrinking All Government
From Jason Stein and Daniel Bice in the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal:
Gov. Scott Walker’s administration rewarded the new hardline Capitol Police chief and his top deputy with double-digit pay raises earlier this year after moving the pair on paper to phantom jobs for two weeks and then back to their real posts.
Counterproductive Tendencies in Wisconsin Policy Debates
Reader John (sometimes Jack), who disapproves of my posts on Wisconsin, politely asks:
Dr Chinn,
Would you be willing to flesh out your background so as to better understand your positions in your research and blog postings?
Where were you born?
Where were your parents born?
Do your parents espouse your same political leanings?
Do you intend to remain in Wisconsin after you retire?
If not, where do you intend to move to?
The Wisconsin Economic Outlook: July 2013
Key numbers: 79 thousands and 81 thousands
Petition Signers Need Not Apply
Walker was for the nominee (for University of Wisconsin Board of Regents) before he was against him
Dispatches XXV: A Conjecture Regarding Lagging Employment in Wisconsin
Transvaginal probes (amended to mandated ultrasounds) and giving regressive tax cuts after slashing K-12 education expenditures probably isn’t going to draw high-technology/knowledge based workers to the state
From Wisconsin Idea to Wisconsin …Something
Some implications of current legislative actions for the conduct of University of Wisconsin system research
From The Isthmus today:
The two-sentence amendment to the budget was part of an omnibus motion that was introduced by the Republican co-chairs of the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee and passed just before 6 a.m. It reads:
“Prohibit the Board of Regents from permitting the Center for Investigative Journalism to occupy any facilities owned or leased by the Board of Regents. In addition, prohibit UW employees from doing any work related to the Center for Investigative Journalism as part of their duties as a UW employee.”
Wisconsin Economic Activity: April 2013
The Philadelphia Fed’s coincident indices for April are out (h/t Mike Ivey). Wisconsin economic activity as measured by this index continues to surprise, but not in a good way.
Wisconsin Employment Situation in April
Newly released BLS data indicate an absence of strong employment growth.