08 | October | 2012

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Infographic: The potential of the Bakken region

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 11:00 pm

Update: Continental Resources announced today its new five-year plan to triple its oil production by 2017, with much of that increase planned for the Bakken region. From its current production of 94,852 barrels of oil per day in Q2 2012, … read more >

Carpe Diem

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wants to end America’s failed and shameful ‘war on weed’

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 10:19 pm

Gary Johnson writing in The Guardian: Prohibition in the US was a huge, miserable failure. During its 13-year run, beginning in 1920, Prohibition caused a massive rise in organized crime and actually increased alcohol consumption instead of curtail it. After … read more >

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San Francisco’s thriving and popular high-tech, on-demand ride-sharing services face regulatory challenges

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 4:14 pm

About a month ago on CD, I featured a San Francisco Chronicle article that profiled the proliferation of start-up “on-demand ridesharing services” in the Bay Area like SideCar, Lyft, Uber, RelayRides and Getaroundare that have been successfully challenging the city’s … read more >

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Markets in everything: Hotels offer women-only floors

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 12:59 pm

HotelNewsNow – Finding hotels that accommodate the specific needs of the female traveler can prove arduous. Recognizing that gap in the market, a growing number of hoteliers are now offering women-only floors that provide a safe environment for guests as well … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

Arthur Brooks on 3 ways Romney can appeal to the ’47%’

James Pethokoukis | October 8, 2012, 11:04 am

This is a must read for folks across the political spectrum. In the WSJ today, my boss Arthur Brooks, author of “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise,” offers some advice to Mitt Romney on how … read more >

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Markets in everything: robot noodle chefs in China and an 8×10 flat in London

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 10:13 am

1. Robot chefs taking over China’s noodle bars. 2. 8 x10-foot London apartment selling for $280,000. HTs to Jim Forrest and and John Sturges.

Economics, Pethokoukis

Why Gallup’s chief economist says the big drop in the unemployment rate ‘should be discounted’

James Pethokoukis | October 8, 2012, 10:02 am

You can count pollster Gallup as another observer questioning Friday’s job report, in particular the big drop in the unemployment rate. In a blog post, Dennis Jacobe, Gallup’s chief economist, writes that he seriously doubts whether the economy created nearly 900,000 … read more >

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Administrative bloat at Ohio State, where the ratio of full-time non-instructional staff to full-time faculty is more than 6-to-1

Mark J. Perry | October 8, 2012, 9:46 am

The president of Ohio State University, E. Gordon Gee, has come under fire recently for spending $7.7 million to travel, entertain and maintain his 9,600 square foot mansion in recent years, in addition to collecting $8.6 million in salary and … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

Study: Depressed U.S. job market costs economy $1.2 trillion a year

James Pethokoukis | October 8, 2012, 9:14 am

I frequently describe the catastrophic state of the U.S. labor market as the Long Emergency. Every day, week, month, and year that millions of Americans are unemployed or underemployed creates further long-lasting damage to workers and to the economy overall. … read more >

Money Printing Isn’t Always Inflationary
Republicans are wrongly giving fear of money printing a higher priority than the growth debate. Robust growth is as close as we can get to a panacea for our monetary and fiscal problems. […]
Hindsight Isn’t 20/20
Many lessons should be drawn from the U.S. experience in Iraq. Unfortunately, we’re not learning what we should. […]
The Uses of Scandal
One of the greatest uses of scandal is to vividly demonstrate what new laws are needed and to create the political conditions to get them enacted. […]
Lean In… to Government?
Sheryl Sandberg's runaway best-selling book Lean In has managed to offend both the Left and the Right. Sandberg touts female hard-headedness, yet also calls for an elaborate government- and employer-supplied support system for women. […]