Arthur MacEwan

Artuhur MacEwan is professor emeritus of economics at UMass-Boston and a Dollars & Sense Associate.

Op-Ed

Inequality in the World

In many countries, including most of the high-income countries and the most populous lower-income countries, the distribution of income has become more unequal.

By: Arthur MacEwan ,; Dollars&Sense

November 12, 2014

News Analysis

The Minimum Wage and Inflation

Would an increase of the minimum wage be inflationary? Would more inflation than we have now be a good or bad thing?

By: Arthur MacEwan ,; Dollars&Sense

August 5, 2014

News

Why the Shift From Production to Speculation?

The switch to finance is a switch in terms of where profits are being obtained and, along with the profits, very high salaries.

By: Arthur MacEwan ,; Dollars&Sense

July 2, 2014

Op-Ed

The Airfare Mystery

Beneath the surface (on travel web sites), it turns out that a large part of the price difference between these two routes is not the actual payment to the …