THE TENNESSEEAN (AP)  — “Four years ago, the Tennessee-based company Pro Charging Systems outsourced manufacturing of several key components of its new line of battery chargers to China. The idea was to take advantage of lower labor costs and other … read more >

From my post yesterday on the Enterprise Blog:   The Occupy Wall Street protest has returned national attention to the topic of income inequality; see recent commentary from bloggers Megan McArdle here and James Pethokoukis here and here. Both highlight empirical … read more >

Current Intrade odds for the 2012 election: Obama (48.6%) vs. any Republican candidate (48.7%), basically a “dead heat” (see chart).    For other Intrade contracts: Bachmann is down to 1.2% (from 18% in July), Gingrich is up to 3% (from … read more >