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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Carpe Diem

When It Comes to Selling His Own Book, Ian Fletcher Must Believe Free Trade DOES Work

Mark J. Perry | March 30, 2011, 1:14 pm

Nobody in recent months has expressed more public opposition to free trade than Ian Fletcher, see “Ten Problems With Free Trade“  and “The Social Snobbery of Free Trade” for some examples of his anti-free trade vitriol.  In the last link, … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

It’s Safe to Use TSA’s Body Scanners

Marc Thiessen | March 30, 2011, 11:58 am

Remember those dangerous TSA body scanners? The brouhaha last November over the TSA’s new security measures seems like a distant memory now. Among other objections raised by the critics, we heard dire warnings that the backscatter x-rays were dangerous to … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

Politics in India: The House of the People Becoming a House of Dynasty

Apoorva Shah | March 30, 2011, 11:52 am

I’m reviewing a fascinating book by Patrick French entitled India: A Portrait, which will be out in the United States in June. (You can see my colleague Sadanand Dhume’s review of the book in the Wall Street Journal here.) In one … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Assad Stays the Course

Danielle Pletka | March 30, 2011, 11:11 am

It should have come as no surprise that when Syria’s President Bashar el Assad finally opened his mouth to speak to his nation, it was the same old rubbish. No word of lifting the state of emergency that has stifled … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Now That’s a Sugar Rush!

Kenneth P. Green | March 30, 2011, 10:29 am

Everyone knows about the great success that Brazil has had in converting its transportation system to rely on homegrown ethanol from sugarcane, allowing it to export oil and enjoy an economic boom, right? But what happens when you simply change your … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

Jeffrey Sachs Plays Robin Hood, But His Policies Would Harm the Poor

Aparna Mathur | March 30, 2011, 7:39 am

In a recent article in the Financial Times, Jeffrey Sachs rues the race to the bottom in corporate taxes that is forcing countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States to engage in tax cutting at a time … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Obama’s Failure to Explain Our National Interest in Libya

Marc Thiessen | March 30, 2011, 7:38 am

Before President Obama’s address to the nation, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates set off a firestorm when he declared on the Sunday shows that America had no “vital national interest” in Libya. In his speech Monday night, Obama did little … read more >

Carpe Diem

New Mpls. Federal Reserve Bank Study Shows Significant Earnings Mobility Between 2001-2007

Mark J. Perry | March 29, 2011, 8:26 pm

The chart above (click to enlarge) is based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics that follows the same households over time, and was reported in a recent study by economists at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank titled … read more >

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Talk to Chuck

Nick Schulz | March 29, 2011, 2:42 pm

From the NYT (h/t RP): Um, Senators, ever heard of the mute button? Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, apparently unaware that many of the reporters were already on the line, … read more >

Carpe Diem

State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV

Mark J. Perry | March 29, 2011, 2:34 pm

In another sign that the U.S. economy has made a full recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, state and local tax collections reached a new record high in the fourth quarter 2010 of $378.3 billion, according to data released today by … read more >

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