We use metropolitan area Consumer Price indexes (CPI) and the US CPI to calculate a CPI-based Regional Price Parity index (CPI-based RPP) for the 29 US cities with CPIs published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This CPI-based RPP can be used (along with the US CPI) to make fair comparisons of economic performance in […] The post Estimating a CPI-based regional price parity index for US cities appeared first on UHERO.| UHERO
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Abstract This paper tries to answer the question: in what ways does the logic of capital accumulation shape the organization of hospital care in the US – a sector characterized by a preponderance of both public and private ‘not-for-profit’ institutions? Rather than taking different hospital ownership types as our analytical starting point, to answer this […] The post Mouré, Gorsky, ‘No Place to Be Sick: Cooptation and Convergence in the US Hospital Care Sector’ appeared first on ...| Capital As Power
Sommaire Introduction I – La concurrence ferroviaire poursuivit son trajet en Europe : l’environnement est un argument de marché A – L’offre multimodale, nouvelle frontière de la mobilité B – Le rail renforcé par la concurrence, malgré la concentration II – Des défis à relever pour une concurrence durable : une nécessité de transition juste A – La quête d’une stratégie de marché pour le transport …| blogdroiteuropéen
Abstract This study examines the declining usage lifespan of household consumer durables in the United States between 1970 and 2018, situating the phenomenon within a heterodox political economy framework. While mainstream economic narratives attribute the rising rate of consumer durable waste over this time to “overconsumption” driven by consumer materialism, this study challenges that perspective […] The post Dillon, ‘Earning through Obsolescence’ appeared first on Capital As Power.| Capital As Power