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Daily Archives: December 7, 2011

Carpe Diem

Steve Hayward: America’s Vast Energy Resources

Mark J. Perry | December 7, 2011, 9:25 pm

Environmental scholar Steven Hayward exposes how U.S. energy policies have restricted access to America’s vast energy resources. The result? America is less competitive in the world, energy prices are skyrocketing, and the economy is suffering. The United States must open … read more >

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Economics, Financial Services

Why we shouldn’t break up the big banks

Phillip Swagel | December 7, 2011, 5:51 pm

Today, I testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the new regime for regulating large, complex financial institutions. If you don’t have the time to read the whole testimony, here are some key takeaways:  Large financial institutions can be good: … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Digital Christmas Story

Mark J. Perry | December 7, 2011, 4:13 pm

HT: Joe Lais

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Economics, U.S. Economy

Why Obama needs to make Reaganomics disappear

James Pethokoukis | December 7, 2011, 3:32 pm

Barack Obama’s Osawatomie Speech was certainly one of the worst given by a U.S. president in modern American history. This bit was particularly egregious: Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there is a certain crowd in Washington who, … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Quote of the Day: Taxes and Home Values

Mark J. Perry | December 7, 2011, 2:58 pm

“When you buy a house, you’re not just committing to a mortgage. You are also promising to pay the future property taxes on that house. What drives those local property taxes are the future costs of paying state and local … read more >

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Economics

Capitalism is delayed gratification (and it’s in short supply)

Nick Schulz | December 7, 2011, 2:40 pm

An astute commenter on my recent Forbes piece about the administration’s assaults on private investment notes: More broadly, it seems we have come to take “capital”—accumulated savings directed at generating increased future prosperity—for granted. Even our leading “capitalists,” led by … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Fact of the Day: Hunting is Safer Than Bowling?

Mark J. Perry | December 7, 2011, 2:32 pm

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, hunting with firearms is one of the safest recreational activities in America (here’s the press release and here’s the fact sheet with sources provided).  Based on the percentage of injuries per 100 participants, … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Europe and Russia

Russian protesters show unshakable moral determination

Leon Aron | December 7, 2011, 2:06 pm

Last Sunday’s “election” in Russia is continuing to generate a spirited opposition. Videos of vote manipulation and falsification are flooding YouTube. Over 5,000 people demonstrated in Moscow on Monday. And now the last Soviet president and great liberalizer Mikhail Gorbachev … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Baba Wawa meets Assad, hilarity ensues

Danielle Pletka | December 7, 2011, 11:43 am

This morning, ABC aired a Barbara Walters interview with Syrian “dictator by accident” Bashar el Assad, whom she found to be “not like Qadhafi.” (Crazy does come in different flavors, Barbara.) After an airy tour around Damascus, where Walters found … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Banter #35: AEI’s Ken Green on the Chevy Volt

Andrew Rugg | December 7, 2011, 11:25 am

In the latest episode of the Banter podcast, AEI Resident Scholar Ken Green sits down with Stu and Andrew to discuss the failure of electric vehicles, particularly the Chevy Volt. Its tendency to explode isn’t the only problem after all. We discuss the reasons it has … read more >

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