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Daily Archives: January 7, 2012

Carpe Diem

Wow, Demand Curves Really DO Slope Downward!

Mark J. Perry | January 7, 2012, 5:09 pm

From the article “Restauranteurs Wrestle With State’s Minimum Wage Hike to $9.04,” about the  January 1 increase in Washington state’s minimum wage to $9.04 per hour, the highest state minimum wage in the country and almost $2 more per hour … read more >

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Carpe Diem

BCS: Record Ticket Prices for College Football

Mark J. Perry | January 7, 2012, 4:44 pm

NOLA.COM –  “Monday night’s BCS showdown between Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama will crown a national champion. But the game appears likely to produce another title: highest-priced tickets ever for a college football game.” MP: At TicketsNow, … read more >

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Thanks to the Oil and Gas Boom, ND, AK and TX Have Regained All Jobs Lost During Recession

Mark J. Perry | January 7, 2012, 3:50 pm

Despite the gradual improvements in the U.S. labor market and the drop in the jobless rate to 8.5% in December, the payroll employment level of 131.9 million jobs in December is still more than six million jobs below the 137.9 … read more >

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Time for 2012 GOPers to be bolder on growth

James Pethokoukis | January 7, 2012, 1:13 pm

Robert Novak once said Republicans were put on Earth to cut taxes. I think Larry Kudlow was put on Earth to write columns like this: Message to my fellow conservatives: Please don’t blame the mainstream media for the improvement in … read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion

Why is Romney doing such a lousy job defending his record at Bain Capital?

James Pethokoukis | January 7, 2012, 12:08 pm

One of Mitt Romney’s campaign slogans is “Obama isn’t working.” (It’s a play off the Tory ”Labour isn’t working” ad from the 1979 U.K. elections that swept Margaret Thatcher into power.) And even if the national unemployment rate should drift down … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Chart of the Day: Historic Drop in Government Jobs

Mark J. Perry | January 7, 2012, 2:04 am

The chart above displays the annual change in total government employment (data here) and shows that the 589,000 reduction in government jobs between 2009 and 2011 was the largest reduction in government payrolls since the post-WWII period of 1945-1947.  Total … read more >

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