Michele I Naples
Biographic Data
| ID | 699369 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele I Naples |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele I |
| FAMILY NAME | Naples |
| SIGNATURE | NAPLES M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8911-5741 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Impact of the War on Drugs on Union Density, 1973–2022
The War on Drugs (WoD) notoriously targeted poor people and communities, especially Black and Latinx people. Its negative impact on the formation and defense of unions has only recently been studied. This paper explores the magnitude of the WoD's role in increasing arrests and imprisonment, and its long shadow in probation and parole. It details the way it divided workers by race, and hammered the poor under the guise of fighting drugs. Incorpora…
The End of the Keynesian Consensus and US Wage Growth
Macroeconomists have treated wage growth as primarily driven by price and productivity growth, and debate the impact of business cycles on real-wage growth. This paper argues that the breakdown of the Keynesian Consensus that framed many postwar macroeconomic labor-market institutions (unemployment compensation, welfare, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unions, and collective bargaining) has a negative impact on labor militance, and dis…
Instructor as coach
Introductory economics is populated by non-majors, and increasingly by diverse student populations. The challenge is to engage students in the material despite any difficulties and initial poor performance. This paper adapts the management strategy of coaching employees to the instructor's role in order to increase student engagement, help them learn by explaining, and improve comprehension of alternative paradigms. A holistic coach interrogates …
How Large Is Unemployment and Its Impact on Workers’ Economic Leverage
The reserve army of the unemployed is typically proxied by the unemployment rate. This article takes seriously measurement choices in calculating unemployment severity. Should everyone experiencing unemployment (unemployment incidence) be the measure? Should “discouraged” and involuntarily part-time workers be included? It then asks the policy question, to what extent have state and federal unemployment-compensation policies increasingly exacerba…
Financialization and Income Inequality in theUnitedStates, 1967-2010
This article presents a historical overview of the late 20th-century advent of financialization, that is, the unprecedented growth of the financial sector. We summarize its origins and consequences, particularly greater income inequality. An econometric model quantifies the relationship. We conclude that along with higher unemployment and an eroding minimum wage, the growth of theU.S. financial sector has contributed to the exacerbation of inequa…
The Rise in Us Business Failures
In 1984 Dun and Bradstreet expanded the business-failure series, making it discontinuous. We construct consistent spliced series on the rate, size, and liabilities of business failures. We show that using published, discontinuous data can lead to misleading results
Unperceived Inflation in Shaikh, and Kliman and McGlone
The two 'iterative' models discussed exhibit unanticipated inflation. Real industry profit rates are not uniform; then why should nominal profit rates be? Even at Marx's first iteration, the real average (non-uniform) profit rate corrected for inflation does not equal the value rate. There is no iterative reconciliation of Marx with Sraffian equilibrium
A Radical Economic Revision of the Transformation Problem
The transformation problem results from extending Marxs analysis to include reproduction. Existing resolutions assume equilibrium and accept Ricardo's conclusion that production conditions in basics determine the profit rate. But capitalism cannot be shown to reach a Neo-Ricardian equilibrium. And the Ricardian basics theory of the profit rate is either a physical-standard theory of the profit rate or a capital-productivity theory. Without equili…
Is a Uniform Profit Rate Possible? A Logical-Historical Analysis
Financialization and Income Inequality in theUnitedStates, 1967-2010
This article presents a historical overview of the late 20th-century advent of financialization, that is, the unprecedented growth of the financial sector. We summarize its origins and consequences, particularly greater income inequality. An econometric model quantifies the relationship. We conclude that along with higher unemployment and an eroding minimum wage, the growth of theU.S. financial sector has contributed to the exacerbation of inequa…
Is a Uniform Profit Rate Possible? A Logical-Historical Analysis
A Radical Economic Revision of the Transformation Problem
The transformation problem results from extending Marxs analysis to include reproduction. Existing resolutions assume equilibrium and accept Ricardo's conclusion that production conditions in basics determine the profit rate. But capitalism cannot be shown to reach a Neo-Ricardian equilibrium. And the Ricardian basics theory of the profit rate is either a physical-standard theory of the profit rate or a capital-productivity theory. Without equili…
Unperceived Inflation in Shaikh, and Kliman and McGlone
The two 'iterative' models discussed exhibit unanticipated inflation. Real industry profit rates are not uniform; then why should nominal profit rates be? Even at Marx's first iteration, the real average (non-uniform) profit rate corrected for inflation does not equal the value rate. There is no iterative reconciliation of Marx with Sraffian equilibrium
The Rise in Us Business Failures
In 1984 Dun and Bradstreet expanded the business-failure series, making it discontinuous. We construct consistent spliced series on the rate, size, and liabilities of business failures. We show that using published, discontinuous data can lead to misleading results
Financialization and Income Inequality in theUnitedStates, 1967-2010
This article presents a historical overview of the late 20th-century advent of financialization, that is, the unprecedented growth of the financial sector. We summarize its origins and consequences, particularly greater income inequality. An econometric model quantifies the relationship. We conclude that along with higher unemployment and an eroding minimum wage, the growth of theU.S. financial sector has contributed to the exacerbation of inequa…
How Large Is Unemployment and Its Impact on Workers’ Economic Leverage
The reserve army of the unemployed is typically proxied by the unemployment rate. This article takes seriously measurement choices in calculating unemployment severity. Should everyone experiencing unemployment (unemployment incidence) be the measure? Should “discouraged” and involuntarily part-time workers be included? It then asks the policy question, to what extent have state and federal unemployment-compensation policies increasingly exacerba…
Instructor as coach
Introductory economics is populated by non-majors, and increasingly by diverse student populations. The challenge is to engage students in the material despite any difficulties and initial poor performance. This paper adapts the management strategy of coaching employees to the instructor's role in order to increase student engagement, help them learn by explaining, and improve comprehension of alternative paradigms. A holistic coach interrogates …
The End of the Keynesian Consensus and US Wage Growth
Macroeconomists have treated wage growth as primarily driven by price and productivity growth, and debate the impact of business cycles on real-wage growth. This paper argues that the breakdown of the Keynesian Consensus that framed many postwar macroeconomic labor-market institutions (unemployment compensation, welfare, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unions, and collective bargaining) has a negative impact on labor militance, and dis…
The Impact of the War on Drugs on Union Density, 1973–2022
The War on Drugs (WoD) notoriously targeted poor people and communities, especially Black and Latinx people. Its negative impact on the formation and defense of unions has only recently been studied. This paper explores the magnitude of the WoD's role in increasing arrests and imprisonment, and its long shadow in probation and parole. It details the way it divided workers by race, and hammered the poor under the guise of fighting drugs. Incorpora…
Economics (8 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (6 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (4 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (4 works) · Unemployment (4 works) · Keynesian economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Mathematical economics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Econometrics (2 works)