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Daily Archives: October 21, 2011

Carpe Diem

The “Bismarck Boom”: Lowest Jobless Rate in U.S.

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 8:45 pm

 At 3%, Bismarck Has the Lowest Jobless in the U.S., a Booming Labor Market and a Hot Real Estate Market video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player In the video above, ABC News features Bismarck, North Dakota, the city with the lowest … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Green Wind Energy Can Be Deadly for Bats

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 6:49 pm

It must be hard to be an environmentalist some days.  You love green energy sources like wind power, but you also have strong feelings for bats, especially rare, endangered ones like the Indiana bat (pictured above).  And if just one … read more >

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Markets in Everything: “Light Field Camera” Allows You To Focus Selectively AFTER You Take a Picture

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 5:43 pm

Geeks at Large Blog — “Lytro is the world’s first light field camera. Light field is the amount of light traveling in every direction through every point in space. Light field contains a lot more information than traditional light captured … read more >

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What you may have missed in the polls: Romney’s chances, stimulus reactions, and more

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | October 21, 2011, 3:03 pm

Romney’s Chances: Does Romney’s consistent showing in the 20-25 percent range in Republican primary polls indicate that he’s liked but not loved? Possibly. It could also indicate that Republicans (like most people) like choices and want to see a contest. Republican … read more >

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Markets in Everything: $1 Million Taxi Medallions

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 2:41 pm

New York Times — “Two New York taxi medallions — aluminum plates that grant the right to operate a yellow cab — changed hands this week for $1 million apiece, the highest recorded sale since the city’s modern livery system … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

The international justice industry should back off from Libya

Michael Rubin | October 21, 2011, 2:33 pm

Muammar Qadhafi may have been captured alive in Sirte, but it wasn’t long before his dead body was being paraded through the streets of Misrata, a town pulverized by Qadhafi loyalists. The United Nations is predictably demanding an investigation into … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Gibson Guitar CEO Speaks Out on Gov’t. Persecution

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 2:16 pm
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Economics

No such thing as aggregate demand

Nick Schulz | October 21, 2011, 2:15 pm

In Phil Levy’s essay on the Chris Sims/Tom Sargent Nobel (“The End of Comfortable Keynesianism“) he wrote: At a dinner with Sims, when I was just coming out of graduate school, I made some mention of aggregate demand. He asserted … read more >

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Economics

‘Occupy Wall Street’ gets another prominent endorsement … from Kim Jong Il

Marc Thiessen | October 21, 2011, 1:50 pm

Apparently Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are not the only prominent leaders who have endorsed the aims of the “Occupy Wall Street” protests. Add to the list of OWS supporters the regime of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il. The … read more >

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World Trade and Output Reach New Record Highs

Mark J. Perry | October 21, 2011, 1:50 pm

The CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis released its monthly report this week on world trade and world industrial production for the month of August.  Here are some of the highlights: 1. World trade volume increased in August by … read more >

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