07 | September | 2012

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Pakistan an overblown concern in designating the Haqqani Network

Reza Jan | September 7, 2012, 4:50 pm

Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her intent to designate the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network is responsible for some of the deadliest violence plaguing Afghanistan, and the U.S. has long … read more >

Carpe Diem

At least some of the labor market weakness can be traced to the biggest loss of government jobs since WWII

Mark J. Perry | September 7, 2012, 3:22 pm

I don’t think this issue has received much, if any, attention: Most of the weakness in the U.S. labor market, the stubbornly high unemployment rate, and the slow rate of overall job creation can be traced to the ongoing decreases … read more >

Carpe Diem

There’s one place in the U.S. with jobs, jobs, and more jobs

Mark J. Perry | September 7, 2012, 2:53 pm

The jobs report today was pretty grim even though the jobless rate fell to 8.1%. But there’s at least one place in the U.S. where the job market is booming like never before, where the state jobless rate is only … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the foreign policy blogs (Sept 1-7, 2012)

Marc Thiessen | September 7, 2012, 2:37 pm

Here is the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading this week. read more >

Carpe Diem

Free-fall: Adjusted for inflation, print newspaper advertising will be lower this year than in 1950

Mark J. Perry | September 7, 2012, 2:24 pm

The blue line in the chart above displays total annual print newspaper advertising revenue (for the categories national, retail and classified) based on actual annual data from 1950 to 2011, and estimated annual revenue for 2012 using quarterly data through … read more >

Carpe Diem

More evidence of a 2012 housing recovery: Home builders don’t have enough workers to meet new demand

Mark J. Perry | September 7, 2012, 2:16 pm

CNBC’s Diana Olick reports that: After losing 70 percent of their business in the housing crash, the nation’s home builders are breaking ground again. New orders for homes are rebounding strongly, and housing starts have shown sustained growth over the … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

Bush jobs recovery still outpacing Obama jobs recovery

James Pethokoukis | September 7, 2012, 12:12 pm

Over and over again at the Democratic National Convention, speakers said how the Obama recovery had generated 4.5 million private-sector jobs. Here is Bill Clinton: In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs. That … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Re: Foreign policy and the GOP

Marc Thiessen | September 7, 2012, 11:42 am

I agree that Obama is vulnerable on national security. But Romney needs to seize on those failures and make the case on why he would be a better commander in chief. read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

Oh my, JPMorgan economist just absolutely destroys the August jobs report

James Pethokoukis | September 7, 2012, 10:58 am

No Wall Street economist does it quite like JPMorgan’s Michael Feroli. The headline on his analysis of the August jobs report: “Summer’s over, here’s your slap in the face.” And then he really opens fire: Labor market activity was disappointing … read more >

Pethokoukis, Politics and Public Opinion

Chart: Pace of jobs growth puts Obama on track to lose 51-49

James Pethokoukis | September 7, 2012, 10:42 am

Dan Clifton of Strategas Research: The historical relationship between non-farm payroll growth and the pct of vote received in a reelection campaign is very strong. This relationship suggests the President needs to reach 1.1 pct growth to reach the magic … read more >

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