31 | August | 2012

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Energy prosperity: Oil production in lower 48 reaches a 23-year high in July, while oil/gas jobs reach a 24-year high

Mark J. Perry | August 31, 2012, 3:31 pm

Buried in this week’s 213-page August Monthly Energy Review from the EIA (full report here) is the fact that U.S. crude oil production for the lower 48 states is estimated to have reached a 23-year high in July of 5.865 … read more >

Economics, Monetary Policy

Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech: So far, so good

John Makin | August 31, 2012, 2:14 pm

Bernanke offered up a convincing rationale for the Fed’s experimental approach to monetary policy after the financial crisis. He also signaled that the Fed intends to continue with the experiment until the unemployment rate comes down further, but said nothing … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

India fumbles in Iran

Sadanand Dhume | August 31, 2012, 12:32 pm

Nobody was surprised at Iran’s attempt to use this week’s Nonaligned Summit in Tehran to garner legitimacy for a regime unpopular at home and increasingly isolated abroad. More questionable was the decision by international leaders to play along. Needless to … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the foreign policy blogs (Aug. 23-31, 2012)

Marc Thiessen | August 31, 2012, 10:57 am

Here is the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading this week: Jonathan Tobin at Commentary Magazine says Ban Didn’t Redeem Himself in Tehran Max Boot, also at Commentary, reports on the Non-Aligned Movement’s meeting gone … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Iran Expanding Nuclear Enrichment Capacity and Stockpiles

Maseh Zarif | August 31, 2012, 10:40 am

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) latest report on Iran’s known nuclear facilities highlights the regime’s progressing and undeterred pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. Iran’s continued production of low-enriched uranium is increasing the feedstock available for rapid conversion to nuclear weapons fuel. … read more >

Pethokoukis

Did Romney get it done?

James Pethokoukis | August 31, 2012, 10:40 am

Mitt Romney’s speech: 1. As well delivered a speech as I’ve seen Romney give. 2. Hate, hate, hate the word “humanize,” but if the main purpose of the speech was to counter the Gordon Gekko, cold-hearted capitalist caricature of Romney … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

What you may have missed in the polls: Labor Day worries, the parties, public schools, and more

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | August 31, 2012, 10:36 am

Labor Day Worries: Slightly more than a quarter of adults working full or part-time worry that they will be laid off in the near future (28 percent), that their hours will be cut (26 percent), their wages reduced (28 percent). … read more >

Carpe Diem

Gas prices around the world: Relative to income, U.S. has some of the cheapest gas in the world

Mark J. Perry | August 31, 2012, 9:56 am

A few weeks ago Bloomberg featured the “Highest & Cheapest Gas Prices by Country, where they ranked 60 countries by the average retail gas price at the pump and by the “pain at the pump,” which is measured by the … read more >