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AEI Debate Prep: Contain the crisis

John Makin | October 31, 2011, 1:03 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. Europe’s financial crisis has raised uncertainty in financial markets globally. … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

Herman Cain defends his 9-9-9 plan

James Pethokoukis | October 31, 2011, 12:22 pm

Herman Cain showed up today at AEI to chat with tax guru Kevin Hassett, answer a few questions from me, and then take a few queries from the audience. I’m not sure I learned a whole lot more about the … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Just how great was the victory in Libya?

Philip I. Levy | October 31, 2011, 12:15 pm

My colleague Michael Barone has a good piece arguing that the recent celebration of President Obama’s foreign policy victories may be a bit overdone. He is most tentative on Libya, where he writes that it is still unclear how things … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

My morning with Herman Cain

James Pethokoukis | October 31, 2011, 11:56 am

After the Politico sexual harassment story broke last night, I knew Herman Cain’s appearance today at AEI would become a mega-event. The official topic was Cain’s 9-9-9 plan and tax reform, but clearly the media throng wanted to ask The … read more >

Economics

Taxpayers tricked into treating sugar farmers

Matthew McKillip | October 31, 2011, 10:09 am

When you dig into your Halloween candy this year, does it taste twice as good as it did a few decades ago? Over the last 30 years, sugar subsidies have effectively doubled the price U.S. consumers pay for sugar. Annual … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

Cain: 9-9-9 plan is ‘fuel for the engine’ of struggling economy

Bridget Johnson | October 31, 2011, 10:04 am

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain heavily referenced his business background as former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza in a discussion at AEI this morning on how to get the economy moving. Cain, who has been leading the pack of GOP hopefuls in … read more >

Carpe Diem

Intrade Update: Cain Drops From 8% to 3.4%

Mark J. Perry | October 31, 2011, 3:18 am

Most recent odds from Intrade.com. Note: Cain contracts are experiencing high volume trading and high volatility, probably because of this recent news report.

Carpe Diem

U.S. Income Inequality Has Been Flat Since 1994

Mark J. Perry | October 31, 2011, 12:06 am

We keep hearing from the media and OWS protestors that rising income inequality (or exploding income inequality according to Jonathan Chait) and stagnating household incomes have gotten worse in recent years, caused allegedly by the “rich getting richer at the … read more >

Carpe Diem

The Next Big Thing: It’s Not Alternative Energy, It’s Traditional Energy Through the Miracle of Fracking

Mark J. Perry | October 30, 2011, 10:40 pm

From the Bloomberg editorial “Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top,” by Nathan Myhrvold, former chief strategist and technology officer at Microsoft and the founder/CEO of Intellectual Ventures: “A remarkable thing happened in Silicon Valley during the past decade. Venture capitalists … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

Census Data show income inequality in the United States has been flat since 1994

Mark J. Perry | October 30, 2011, 5:34 pm

Income inequality has been getting lots of attention lately, and one of the main topics of debate is whether income inequality in the United States has been increasing over time. And if income inequality is increasing, has it been accelerating … read more >