25 | October | 2011

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Perry tax plan would raise either $4.7 trillion or $1.7 trillion less than CBO baseline through 2020

James Pethokoukis | October 25, 2011, 11:22 pm

The Rick Perry presidential campaign has sent me its revenue analysis of its new flat tax plan, an analysis performed by economic research firm John Dunham and Associates. Using static analysis, the Perry Plan would raise $23.8 trillion from 2014-2020, … read more >

Carpe Diem

MN Has A Shortage of Skilled Manufacturing Workers. Maybe That’s a Good Problem To Have

Mark J. Perry | October 25, 2011, 10:19 pm

ST. PAUL, MN – “Nearly half of Minnesota manufacturers responding to a survey say they haven’t filled positions because they lack qualified job candidates, according to a new study by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). “State … read more >

Economics

Paul Ryan declares war on Obama’s class-warfare campaign

James Pethokoukis | October 25, 2011, 6:00 pm

He’s had enough. More than enough. In a high-voltage speech tomorrow at the Heritage Foundation, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan will tear into President Barack Obama’s recent push to raise taxes on wealthier Americans—including entrepreneurs and small business—to pay for … read more >

Economics

About that ‘Great Stagnation’ for the median American

Nick Schulz | October 25, 2011, 3:41 pm

Jim Sullivan of Notre Dame and and Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago just gave a terrific presentation about what has happened to the material well-being of the poor and middle class in the United States over the last … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

Slashing doc pay

Claude Barfield | October 25, 2011, 3:17 pm

Scott Gottlieb has a clear and trenchant piece this morning in the NY Post. He argues that a decision by a government panel this month to “whack what Medicare pays most doctors” is an important step on the way to … read more >

Carpe Diem

Markets in Everything: Boomtown Strippers Make $2k/Night in ND, “We Make More Than Doctors”

Mark J. Perry | October 25, 2011, 3:13 pm

WILLISTON, N.D. (CNNMoney) — “Forget Vegas. Strippers are discovering they can make ten times as much dancing in the oil boomtown of Williston, N.D. Kit, a 36-year old stripper who has been dancing for 10 years in places like Las … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

A practical and informative guide to pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting

Roger Bate | October 25, 2011, 2:47 pm

Practical guides that are both well written and useful are, unfortunately, rare. So it is with pleasure that I recommend Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting: Combating the Real Danger from Fake Drugs by Mark Davison. Make no mistake, this is not an easy … read more >

Economics

Perry’s plan would preserve crony capitalist tax code

Alex Brill | October 25, 2011, 2:42 pm

Governor Perry’s new proposal for an optional pro-growth tax code will do little for our economy while increasing the complexity of the tax code. A flat rate income tax would lead to positive economic growth, but making it optional as … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Does China have a secret nuclear arsenal?

Michael Mazza | October 25, 2011, 1:55 pm

The must-read China story of the day—and, I predict, of the week—is Bret Stephens’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal. Stephens reports on the research that Phil Karber is conducting at Georgetown University’s Asian Arms Control Project. Karber has been … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Leon Panetta’s troubling admission on North Korea

Michael Mazza | October 25, 2011, 1:40 pm

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had an op-ed in yesterday’s Yomiuri Shimbun, in which he comments on the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance and on the United States’ role in Asia. He gets it exactly right when he asserts that when … read more >

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Are American Voters Racist?
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