James Kwak

James Kwak is a professor of law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and the vice chair of the Southern Center for Human Rights. He is the author of Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality.

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  1. The Curse of Econ 101

    When it comes to basic policy questions such as the minimum wage, introductory economics can be more misleading than it is helpful.

    Workers picket the New York State Capitol in Albany for a raise in the minimum wage in 1963.
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  2. How Not to Regulate

    This past weekend's This American Life/ProPublica report confirms the worst of what many already suspected: The New York Fed has little independence from the industry it is supposed to control.

    Nabil Rahman/ProPublica