05 | September | 2012

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

America’s real long-term fiscal problem: The federal government has become a gigantic wealth-transfer machine

Mark J. Perry | September 5, 2012, 3:58 pm

The charts above illustrate two disturbing trends that help frame the long-run fiscal challenges confronting the U.S. that far outweigh any possible near-term fallout from the pending “fiscal cliff” that the federal government faces at the end of this year. … read more >

Carpe Diem

Trulia’s asking home price index increased by 2.3% in August, the biggest increase since the recession

Mark J. Perry | September 5, 2012, 2:52 pm

From Trulia’s press release today: Trulia today released the latest findings from the Trulia Price Monitor, the earliest leading indicator available of trends in home prices. Based on the for-sale homes listed on Trulia, this monitor takes into account changes … read more >

Pethokoukis, Politics and Public Opinion

The Big Tune Out | The more Obama talks, the less popular he becomes

James Pethokoukis | September 5, 2012, 2:07 pm

Democratic National Convention – Charlotte, North Carolina It may not matter if President Obama on Thursday gives his big speech from a football stadium or a basketball arena. Although the president has a reputation as a powerful orator, Americans have … read more >

Carpe Diem

Great moments in government regulation

Mark J. Perry | September 5, 2012, 2:06 pm

Business owner and blogger Warren Meyer explains at his Coyote Blog how the California Department of Labor forces employers to force employees to take an unpaid 30-minute lunch, even when employees want to work through lunch and get paid and … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

Rage against ‘The Machine’

Nick Schulz | September 5, 2012, 11:41 am

Here’s an incredibly effective new video about teachers’ unions. read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Apparently, in energy, good news is also bad news

Kenneth P. Green | September 5, 2012, 11:28 am

Yesterday, I wrote: …environmental science must be the only scientific field where every new discovery, however seemingly beneficial, must be hedged around and caveated to insure that one does not feel good about environmental progress. How quickly time makes fools … read more >

Image Credit: World Economic Forum (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Economics, U.S. Economy

Clinton in full

Nick Schulz | September 5, 2012, 11:01 am

It’s worth noting that Clinton and his HUD secretary Andrew Cuomo were partly responsible for the housing bubble and subsequent bust. read more >

Pethokoukis

Why the 1990s boom happened despite the Clinton tax hikes

James Pethokoukis | September 5, 2012, 10:13 am

Democratic National Convention – Charlotte, North Carolina Bill Clinton will make the case here tonight that Obamanomics is just an updated version of 1990s Clintonomics. President Obama frequently suggests much the same thing. What’s funny strange, of course, is that … read more >

Photo Credit: DonkeyHotey (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Politics and Public Opinion, Elections

63 days: U.S. 2012 elections live

Wednesday, September 5th

Henrik Temp | September 5, 2012, 9:25 am

News & analysis on Election 2012. Updated throughout the day. read more >

Pethokoukis

Is America more competitive than it was 4 years ago? Nope

James Pethokoukis | September 5, 2012, 9:19 am

Here’s a question Mitt Romney should address to the American people: Is America more competitive than it was four years ago? According to the latest competitiveness report from the World Economic Forum, the answer is “No, it is not.”