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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Monthly Archives: March 2012

Carpe Diem

Human Achievement Hour 2012

Mark J. Perry | March 31, 2012, 5:32 pm

 From the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)– “On March 31, some people will be sitting in the dark to express their “vote” for action on global climate change (see CD post on Earth Hour). Instead, you can join CEI and the … read more >

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Carpe Diem

NYC Pizza War Drops Price of a Slice to 75 Cents

Mark J. Perry | March 31, 2012, 3:10 pm

As a consumer, you gotta love the intense “cut-throat” competition on the Avenue of the Americas in midtown Manhattan that has brought the price for a slice of pizza down from $1.50 to now only 75-cents, and it might even … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Earth Hour is Today: N. Korea is the Likely Winner

Mark J. Perry | March 31, 2012, 2:30 pm

“Earth Hour” will take place today (March 31) at 8:30 p.m.  According to the WWF (watch video above), the mission of Earth Hour is to “Dare the World to Save the Planet”: “We only have one planet.  You can help … read more >

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Romney speaks! My Q&A with Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney

James Pethokoukis | March 31, 2012, 9:41 am

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney was in Wisconsin on Friday, campaigning with Rep. Paul Ryan ahead of that state’s GOP primary next week. After the former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist gave a feisty afternoon speech at Lawrence University in Appleton, he … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Chinese Workers Are Upset With Less Overtime: “We’re Here to Work and Not to Play”

Mark J. Perry | March 31, 2012, 1:18 am

Reuters – “When Chinese worker Wu Jun heard that her employer, the giant electronics assembly company Foxconn, had given employees landmark concessions her reaction was worry, not elation. Foxconn’s concessions, including cutting overtime for its 1.2 million mainland Chinese workers … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Natural Gas Production in Jan. Sets New Record

Mark J. Perry | March 30, 2012, 11:29 pm

The Shale Gale Continues…..   The Energy Information Administration reported today that natural gas production in the United States reached a new monthly record high of 2.577 trillion cubic feet in January.  That’s an increase of 11.6% compared to a … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Markets in Everything: Online Necktie Rental

Mark J. Perry | March 30, 2012, 8:07 pm

Tie Society is an online service like Netflix that allows you to rent designer neckties (and bow ties and cufflinks), for those guys who never want to be seen wearing the same tie twice or just want access an endless rotating, fresh … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Tyler Cowen on Economic Blogging

Mark J. Perry | March 30, 2012, 4:17 pm

Quote: “Blogs will last forever. It’s not just a phase.”

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Carpe Diem

Cartoon of the Day

Mark J. Perry | March 30, 2012, 4:11 pm

By John Deering. Current Intrade odds are almost 2-to-1 that the individual mandate will be declared unconstitutional.

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Politics and Public Opinion

Banter #50: The one about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Andrew Rugg | March 30, 2012, 3:52 pm

On the 50th episode of AEI’s podcast, Banter, we sit down with AEI scholar Michael Greve to talk about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. We go over the week’s proceedings in the Supreme Court, the prospects … read more >

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