06 | January | 2012

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Interesting Facts from Today’s Employment Report

Mark J. Perry | January 6, 2012, 3:29 pm

A few interesting items from today’s BLS Employment Report for December: 1. The unemployment rate for workers with a college degree fell to 4.1% in December, which is the lowest jobless rate for that group since January 2009, almost three … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Another anti-fracking study bites the dust

Kenneth P. Green | January 6, 2012, 2:38 pm

Opponents of “fracking,” the use of hydraulic fracturing technology to liberate natural gas from shale formations (among other things) are desperate to tar the new technology before free-energy markets can undermine the green-power revolution with abundant flows of affordable natural … read more >

Economics

House conservatives’ new emphasis on economic growth

Alex Brill | January 6, 2012, 1:03 pm

You can’t turn around these days without bumping into public resentment against Congress. The legislative branch’s approval rating is at an all-time low at 11 percent. Voter displeasure is not unfounded. Facing a divided government and vastly disparate visions for … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the foreign policy blogs

Marc Thiessen | January 6, 2012, 12:51 pm

At AEI.org, we offer up the best of what AEI scholars are writing. Now, here is the best of what AEI scholars are reading. Today, we launch a new feature at the Enterprise Blog highlighting some of the most interesting foreign policy blogs and columns … read more >

Economics, Regulation

The Left’s desperate grasp for greater regulation of the financial system

Peter J. Wallison | January 6, 2012, 12:35 pm

In the week before Christmas, I was the subject of two articles on the op-ed page of the New York Times by Joe Nocera, a regular Times columnist. Both were pretty nasty, but the second one accused me, with the … read more >

Economics

The latest news on the possibility of an Obama mass refinancing plan for mortgages [UPDATED]

James Pethokoukis | January 6, 2012, 12:30 pm

The White House responds to my blog post on the possibility of the White House proposing a mass refi plan for U.S. mortgages (via Bloomberg): Speculation about HARP changes was also fueled by a Jan. 4 note from Jaret Seiberg, a … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Blend the Birds, Tuppence a Bag…

Kenneth P. Green | January 6, 2012, 12:26 pm

Save the golden eagle! Save the bald eagle! Save the California condor! We might want to chop them up with windmills one day. That seems to be the moral of the story as the bird-kill situation is playing out around … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

Health spending trends in New England: Healthcare Fact of the Week

Christopher J. Conover | January 6, 2012, 10:15 am

In last week’s blog post, I showed that both ambulatory care and health facilities spending, relative to the national average, rose more quickly in Massachusetts during the Romney administration than did such spending in Texas under Governor Rick Perry or … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

The mission should determine the defense budget; the defense budget should not determine the mission

Marc Thiessen | January 6, 2012, 10:14 am

At the start of the war on terror, the Bush administration had a mantra: “The mission determines the coalition; the coalition should not determine the mission.” If America wants to remain a superpower, the same should be true when it … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

What you may have missed in the polls: Romney’s ceiling, Santorum in 2006, and more

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | January 6, 2012, 10:13 am

Romney’s Ceiling? Some pundits see as a sign of weakness Mitt Romney’s inability to get above 25 percent nationally in the Republican field. But as Frank Newport of Gallup reminded us this week, John McCain, the 2008 nominee, didn’t break … read more >