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Daily Archives: June 27, 2011

Carpe Diem

How Big U.S. Companies Would Rank as Countries

Mark J. Perry | June 27, 2011, 7:03 pm

Based on 2010 sales revenue, Business Insider has a list of how 25 of America’s largest companies compare to the GDP of entire countries in 2010, here are the top three: 1. With 2010 revenues of $414 billion, Walmart would … read more >

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Economics, Monetary Policy

Chain Weighted CPI Wrong for Social Security Benefits

Andrew Biggs | June 27, 2011, 3:43 pm

Over at the Washington Post, Ezra Klein argues that a change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) could make for better policy and better politics in helping address the budget deficit. Klein isn’t alone in his view, and I’ll admit … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

International Criminal Court Closes Off Vertical Departure for Gaddafi

Marc Thiessen | June 27, 2011, 2:35 pm

On Friday, hopes that the Gaddafi era might be coming to an end were raised by this Wall Street Journal story indicating that the “U.S. Says Gadhafi Might Flee Tripoli”: New U.S. intelligence shows Col. Moammar Gadhafi is “seriously considering” … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Green Blinders, Anyone?

Kenneth P. Green | June 27, 2011, 1:45 pm

Who would have thought that Americans would respond to higher gas prices by cutting back on spending elsewhere? Certainly not the Obama administration, which has made hiking gasoline prices a centerpiece of its policy portfolio. Surely, the green promise of … read more >

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Carpe Diem

#1, #2 American-Made Cars: Toyota and Honda

Mark J. Perry | June 27, 2011, 12:49 pm

Rank 2011 Make/Model U.S. Assembly Location Rank 2010 1 Toyota Camry Georgetown, Ky.; 1 Lafayette, Ind. 2 Honda Accord Marysville, Ohio; 2 Lincoln, Ala. 3 Chevrolet Malibu Kansas City, Kan. 5 4 Ford Explorer Chicago, Illinois  5 Honda Odyssey Lincoln, … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Energy Fact of the Week, Update Edition: U.S. Energy Efficiency Revisited

Steven F. Hayward | June 27, 2011, 11:22 am

Previously in the Energy Fact series I have pointed to the data refuting the view that the United States is (in Newsweek’s words) “a pathetic energy hog,” but I thought it worth making a special visit to the subject with … read more >

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Economics

Taxes and Growth

Nick Schulz | June 27, 2011, 11:22 am

Jim Pethokoukis writes: AEI’s scholars created a plan that would boost tax revenue to a consistent 19.9 percent of GDP by replacing the income tax with a broad consumption tax and substituting a carbon tax for alternative energy subsidies. Only … read more >

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Society and Culture, Education

It’s the BA, Stupid

Charles Murray | June 27, 2011, 9:35 am

The New York Times’s David Leonhardt has weighed in with a defense of college-for-all. Arnold Kling dissects some of its obvious flaws on econlog. But the larger problem is that Leonhardt misses the point. The choice should not be framed in … read more >

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