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Daily Archives: October 26, 2012

Economics, Pethokoukis

Explaining the weak U.S. labor market: More unemployment benefits means more unemployment

James Pethokoukis | October 26, 2012, 3:54 pm

There have been numerous studies linking increases in unemployment benefits to increases in unemployment. One, from the San Francisco Fed, estimates that absent the extended UI benefits in 2009, the unemployment rate would have peaked at 9.6% rather than 10%. … read more >

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Carpe Diem

If you thought Ticketmaster’s ‘convenience fees’ or airline baggage fees were high….

Mark J. Perry | October 26, 2012, 3:07 pm

Greyhound  is now assessing an $18 “gift ticket fee” if the person purchasing a bus ticket by credit card won’t be the one traveling. HT: Morgan Frank

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basics
Carpe Diem

Access to the good life for low-income Americans comes from the ‘miracle of the marketplace,’ especially manufacturing

Mark J. Perry | October 26, 2012, 2:31 pm

AEI’s Kevin Hassett and Aparna Mathur wrote in yesterday’s WSJ about how the “access of low-income Americans to devices that are part of the ‘good life’ has increased” over time, here are some examples from their article: 1. The percentage … read more >

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Pethokoukis

Is this the ‘built to last’ economy Obama promised?

James Pethokoukis | October 26, 2012, 12:29 pm

President Obama, back in 2009: Even as we clear away the wreckage of this recession, I have also said that we cannot go back to an economy that is built on a pile of sand — on inflated home prices … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

New York Times does the Chinese Communist Party a favor

Michael Mazza | October 26, 2012, 11:48 am

The New York Times reports today that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s family has financial holdings worth nearly $3 billion. While it’s startling to see an accounting of those holdings appear on the front page of the Times, the holdings … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

And you thought Joe Biden was a liar

Danielle Pletka | October 26, 2012, 11:43 am

Check this out. Here’s Barack Obama at the foreign policy debate on Monday night: “First of all, the sequester is not something that I’ve proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed. It will not happen.” Here’s his interview with … read more >

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Pethokoukis, Politics and Public Opinion

Election forecasting model predicts Romney wins 51-49

James Pethokoukis | October 26, 2012, 11:37 am

Ray Fair of Yale University has one of the most respected election forecasting models. He just updated it with the new GDP data: This is the last vote prediction before the election. Given the NIPA third-quarter data that were released … read more >

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Pethokoukis

Chart: Obama recovery only growing a third as fast as Reagan’s

James Pethokoukis | October 26, 2012, 11:01 am

White House economist Alan Krueger on the third-quarter GDP report: Today’s report shows that the economy posted its thirteenth straight quarter of positive growth, as real GDP (the total amount of goods and services produced in the country) grew at … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the Foreign Policy Blogs (10/20-10/26)

Marc Thiessen | October 26, 2012, 11:00 am

Here is the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading this week: Amir Taheri at the New York Post on the Anatomy of a Failed Foreign Policy Jamsheed and Carol Choksy in Forbes ask Is Baghdad … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

You need real-time information… really?

Gary Schmitt | October 26, 2012, 10:28 am

The New York Times runs with a story today whose headline is “Panetta Says Risk Impeded Deployment to Benghazi.” When asked yesterday whether and if US forces should have been deployed to Benghazi to help defend against the attack on … read more >

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