Government Spending and Private Activity
In December, I released a study that showed raising taxes to cover the budget shortfall at the Department of Health and Human Services would cost private sector jobs–or an estimated […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2nd Quarter, 2011
Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the second quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple of […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 1st Quarter, 2011
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple […]
Read More →How Relevant is the Crescendo Study on State Pay?
Douglas Rooks in the Sun Journal recently did a story about a study commissioned by Maine State Government to look into pay disparities between state workers and private sector workers. […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2010
Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released their preliminary 2010 personal income data (pdf) (which includes revisions to previous years). The chart below shows the […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 3rd Quarter, 2010
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the third quarter of 2010. As shown in Chart 1, Maine’s private sector share […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2nd Quarter 2010
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the second quarter of 2010 and revisions for the past couple of years. As […]
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