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Daily Archives: February 18, 2012

Carpe Diem

Quote of the Day on U.S. Manufacturing

Mark J. Perry | February 18, 2012, 11:57 pm

UT-San Diego — “When you look at the full cost of doing business abroad, U.S. factories can compete on price, delivery and quality. People would be surprised to learn how many things we still manufacture in the U.S. Many companies … read more >

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Saturday Energy Links

Mark J. Perry | February 18, 2012, 7:28 pm

1. “Airline boardings at North Dakota’s eight large airports in January were up 19 percent over the year. The jump was due in large part to booming business at the Dickinson and Williston airports in western North Dakota’s oil patch. … read more >

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U.S. Manufacturing Is Open for Business and Doing Well; Despite, Not Because of, Government Policy

Mark J. Perry | February 18, 2012, 5:02 pm

From today’s WSJ: “Manufacturing is not the basket case of political lore, and America really is still “making things.” There’s another, subtler myth too—that this industrial decline is inevitable, by economic determinism or business mistakes. That’s some of it, but … read more >

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Chart of the Day: Drill, Drill, Drill = Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Mark J. Perry | February 18, 2012, 3:43 pm

While the overall economy struggles to create jobs during another “jobless recovery,” it’s been a much rosier employment picture in one of America’s most successful “shovel-ready” job-creating industries: Oil and Gas Extraction. The chart above displays the monthly percentage changes … read more >

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Markets in Everything: Linsanity Trademark

Mark J. Perry | February 18, 2012, 2:10 pm

Huffington Post — “Jeremy Lin is going on offense to protect Linsanity. The Knicks sensation this week applied for trademark rights to Linsanity. Lin paid a filing fee of $1,625 to cover use of the trademarked term on all manner … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

Does The Economist really think Obama is a debt cutter like Clinton?

James Pethokoukis | February 18, 2012, 12:30 pm

In The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Roger McShane critiques a recent blog post I wrote about both a) Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s appearance before the House Budget Committee (where he now infamously told Chairman Paul Ryan “We’re not coming … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

Because no one asked for it: The entire 2012 Economic Report of the President, as a word cloud

James Pethokoukis | February 18, 2012, 11:07 am

Draw whatever conclusions you want from this Wordle word cloud I created of the just-out 2012 Economic Report of the President: You can’ t really tell it from the word cloud, but the report mentions “freedom” once, “prosperity” twice … … read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion

Here’s how the GOP presidential race blows up, and a new candidate comes on the scene

James Pethokoukis | February 18, 2012, 10:45 am

Politico’s Mike Allen: THE CONVERSATION: A tippy-top Republican, unprompted, yesterday sketched the germ of a plan for a new candidate if Rick Santorum upsets Mitt Romney in the Michigan primary on Feb. 28. Our friend brought visual aids: chicken-scratched versions … read more >

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