28 | October | 2011

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Carpe Diem

Richard Epstein on Income Inequality in America

Mark J. Perry | October 28, 2011, 7:29 pm

HT: Don Boudreaux and Pete Friedlander

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Oil Boomtowns of ND: 2k Job Openings Every Day

Mark J. Perry | October 28, 2011, 7:24 pm

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Income Mobility is Much More Important Than Rising Income Inequality or Stagnating Household Income, and We Have a Lot of It (Mobility)

Mark J. Perry | October 28, 2011, 6:44 pm

We hear a lot these days about “increasing income inequality” and “stagnating household income,” but those discussions rarely include what is probably the most important factor when it comes to income over time: income mobility. In fact, even if: a) … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

AEI Blog Symposium: Can the flat tax (or anything else) revive Rick Perry’s presidential campaign?

The Editors | October 28, 2011, 4:30 pm

For this online symposium, we posed the following question to a variety of all-star pundits and commentators: Will the Perry tax plan kick start his faltering campaign? Jay Cost, staff writer for the Weekly Standard. It probably will not buy … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

No, OWS still isn’t conservative

Jonah Goldberg | October 28, 2011, 2:49 pm

Allen McDuffee reads my column today and asks if I now think Occupy Wall Street is more conservative than I suggested last week. He makes the leap that in order for Occupy Wall Street to get Obama out of office … read more >

Economics

‘Occupy’ the Farm Bill?

Matthew McKillip | October 28, 2011, 2:34 pm

There’s another 1 percent that members of Congress and taxpayers should be increasingly wary of: the 1 percent of farming entities that received over 20 percent of all direct payments from the federal government. On Wednesday, a broad coalition, including … read more >

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Rising Income Inequality for the Texas Rangers. So?

Mark J. Perry | October 28, 2011, 2:11 pm

The chart above is based on data from the USA Today Salaries Databases and reveals significant and increasing income inequality over time for the Texas Rangers, measured both by the payroll share of the top 20% and the Gini coefficient … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

AEI Debate Prep: Wanted: A real U.S. strategy for Pakistan

Reza Jan | October 28, 2011, 1:50 pm

This post is part of an ongoing series preparing for the AEI/CNN/Heritage National Security & Foreign Policy GOP presidential debate on November 22nd. See the rest of the posts here. Much as the Republican candidates (and, indeed, their incumbent opponent) … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

Tax reform: Legislating vs. campaigning

Alex Brill | October 28, 2011, 1:26 pm

Bold tax reforms are popping up everywhere these days, from presidential candidates and members of Congress alike. A comparison of the plans highlights the stark difference between campaigning and legislating. First, let’s look at some campaign proposals. Herman Cain’s surge … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

AEI Debate Prep: After the retreat from Iraq

Frederick W. Kagan | October 28, 2011, 11:24 am

This post is part of an ongoing series preparing for the AEI/CNN/Heritage National Security & Foreign Policy GOP presidential debate on November 22nd. See the rest of the posts here. President Obama’s decision to terminate negotiations extending the presence of … read more >