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Daily Archives: March 7, 2012

Carpe Diem

Rochester Smackdown: Economist, Blogger Steve Landsburg vs. University of Rochester President

Mark J. Perry | March 7, 2012, 10:11 pm

University of Rochester President Joel Seligman sharply criticized faculty member Steven Landsburg for saying that Rush Limbaugh provided “the requisite mockery” of a Georgetown student.  In his March 2 blog, Landsburg, a professor of economics, said that Fluke’s position “deserves … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Reason to Buy a Chevy Volt

Mark J. Perry | March 7, 2012, 9:47 pm

Chevy Volt – Building a Better Tomorrow from Ben Howe on Vimeo. HTs: Warren Smith and Bob Wright

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Carpe Diem

Commercial Natural Gas Falls to 9-Year Low in Dec.

Mark J. Perry | March 7, 2012, 5:30 pm

The price of commercial natural gas fell to $8.28 per 1,000 cubic feet in December, according to data recently released by the EIA.  Adjusted for inflation, that’s the lowest price since September 2002, more than nine years ago, see chart … read more >

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Economics, Financial Services

A powerful case for addressing Too Big To Fail banks

James Pethokoukis | March 7, 2012, 3:08 pm

A great exchange about bank size and Too Big To Fail over at Think Markets, the blog of the NYU Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economic Processes. Chidem Kurdas argues against breaking up or otherwise shrinking mega-banks. It’s an issue that … read more >

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Economics, Entitlements

Federal quotas are not the best fix for disability reform

Matthew McKillip | March 7, 2012, 1:46 pm

The Obama administration made a shocking announcement last week when they made public their desire to use explicit quotas in an effort to increase the employment of people with disabilities in firms who do business with the federal government. The … read more >

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Society and Culture, Education

Harvard, we have a problem: Too many liberal arts majors

James Pethokoukis | March 7, 2012, 1:40 pm

From The Wall Street Journal: In data compiled for a coming report, the Economic Policy Institute, a center-left think tank in Washington, found that the average inflation-adjusted hourly wage for male college graduates aged 23 to 29 dropped 11% over … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

The weakest argument against striking Iran

Lazar Berman | March 7, 2012, 1:04 pm

A lot of smart people in the foreign policy world write uncharacteristically shoddy things when it comes to Israel. David Rothkopf’s latest Foreign Policy post, arguing that the United States and Israel face more pressing threats than Iran’s nuclear program, … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Shale Gale: Energy Equivalent of Berlin Wall Falling

Mark J. Perry | March 7, 2012, 1:03 pm

From a segment on NPR today, “Is U.S. Energy Independence Finally Within Reach?“ “Energy self-sufficiency is now in sight,” says energy economist Phil Verleger. He believes that within a decade, the U.S. will no longer need to import crude oil … read more >

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Economics

No surprise: TARP bailout encouraged banks to make riskier loans

James Pethokoukis | March 7, 2012, 12:48 pm

The U.S. Treasury Department recently created a bunch of charts highlighting the success of President Obama’s economic policies. Here’s one: Shorter, TARP good. But those charts don’t tell the whole story of the costs associated with the bank bailouts. Here’s … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

A year later, Obama still has no plan if Zawahiri is captured

Marc Thiessen | March 7, 2012, 11:46 am

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command, Admiral William McRaven, told the Senate yesterday that the Obama administration still has no plan for what it would do if a high-value terrorist like Ayman Zawahiri were captured alive. During his confirmation … read more >

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