11 | July | 2012

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Markets in Everything: Talking Gloves

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 8:43 pm

FastCompany.com — “More than 275 million hearing-impaired people are unable to use speech to communicate. Sign language is one solution, but it’s only as helpful as the number of people who know the language. That problem is what drove three … read more >

Carpe Diem

America’s new no. 2 oil state – North Dakota – sets more new oil production records in May

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 5:42 pm

The “Economic Miracle State” of North Dakota pumped another record amount of oil during the month of May at a rate of almost 640,000 barrels per day, which was an increase of 4.9% compared to oil production in April (see … read more >

Pethokoukis

The phony statistic behind Obama’s call for ‘bottom-up economics’

James Pethokoukis | July 11, 2012, 4:44 pm

In his standard stump speech, President Obama now says some version of this: “We don’t need more top-down economics. What we need is some middle class economics, some bottom-up economics.” What I guess Obama means is that we need more … read more >

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Markets In everything: sports vacation rentals

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 4:19 pm

“GamedayHousing is the easiest and safest way for groups of sports fanatics to find a place to stay when they’re in town for the big game. Most [college football] sports towns can’t possibly accommodate the hundreds of thousands of fans … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Latin America

Obama blind to Chávez threat to U.S. security

Roger Noriega | July 11, 2012, 4:16 pm

President Obama yesterday told respected Latin American journalist Oscar Haza that the regime of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela “has not had a serious national security impact on us.” It is remarkable that the Obama Administration refuses to comprehend the threat … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

Life is beautiful in Pyongyang

Marc Thiessen | July 11, 2012, 4:03 pm

It seems that life in Pyongyang is lovely these days. According to a series of recent broadcasts on North Korean state television, there’s plenty of fun to be had — especially if you hang out with the Dear Successor, Kim … read more >

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Markets in everything: Concierge medicine

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 3:40 pm

Watch the PBS News Hour segment above on “concierge medicine,” featuring Texas doctor Raymond Solis who recently converted his 21-year-old traditional medical practice of 3,000 patients to a concierge-based practice serving just 400 patients. Dr. Solis changed his business model … read more >

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Economic mobility is alive and well in America

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 3:34 pm

Video above is from Reason.tv, which accompanies this article “84 Percent of Americans Are Richer than Their Parents Were at the Same Age.”

Pethokoukis

Should the Bernanke Fed give every American a $2,000 credit card?

James Pethokoukis | July 11, 2012, 2:48 pm

Bring on the Fedit Card! I am not making this up: Miles Kimball, an imaginative economics professor at the University of Michigan, has stepped forward to propose an ingenious solution for the Fed’s dilemma. The government should create a “federal credit … read more >

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List of the top 100 retailers in 2011

Mark J. Perry | July 11, 2012, 2:28 pm

Here’s an interactive sortable table of the top 100 U.S. retailers, based on 2011 data. Some of the results include: 1. As expected, Walmart was the No. 1 U.S. retailer for both U.S. and worldwide sales. Based on its worldwide … read more >