According to a report today from  Wards Auto, “U.S. big-truck sales soared in May, up 61.9% vs. a year-ago and far surpassing April’s 31.2% increase, previously 2011’s best monthly performance. Class 8 sales made the biggest leap, up 82.4% thanks … read more >

In the Chronicle of Higher Education, economist Richard Vedder writes: “Why doesn’t someone—say, the Gates Foundation—hire 100 or so stellar professors in 20 disciplines to offer perhaps 150 to 200 absolutely superb courses online, with testing administered by an outside … read more >

Here’s a website that documents the amazing drop over time in the cost of hard drive storage space, via Craig Newmark who aptly refers to this phenomenon as “one of the economic and technological wonders of our time.” The chart … read more >

The company CoreLogic calculates and reports a monthly home price index (HPI), similar to the Case-Shiller Home Price index, and is being featured on CD for the first time today.  The CoreLogic HPI is a “repeat-sales index that tracks increases … read more >

Update: 52 percent last night when originally posted, now down to 35 percent.