09 | November | 2012

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Since 2009, right to work states created 4x as many jobs as forced union states and may have helped Obama’s re-election

Mark J. Perry | November 9, 2012, 8:11 pm

President Obama, speaking at an AFL-CIO conference in April this year, “I believe when folks try to take collective bargaining rights away by passing so-called right-to-work laws, which might also be called ‘right-to-work for less’ laws, that’s not about economics, … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Real estate sales surge in October

Mark J. Perry | November 9, 2012, 6:44 pm

1. Chicago Metro — October sales are expected to be 53.7% higher than last year. 2. Denver area — October sales were up by 29% compared to last year, average price increased 13.4%. 3. Dallas-Fort Worth – October homes sales … read more >

Debate moderator Candy Crowley speaks to the audience before the start of the second U.S. presidential campaign debate in Hempstead, New York, October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Win McNamee/Pool

Politics and Public Opinion, Elections

Candy and Sandy

Stan Veuger | November 9, 2012, 4:25 pm

President Obama won reelection this past Tuesday. Congratulations to him! Let us hope that his second term will be marked by freedom and prosperity, not freeness of prophylactics. How did he pull off a victory in spite of high unemployment … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Elections

Banter #76: 100 days of blogging

Stuart James | November 9, 2012, 4:20 pm

On this week’s Banter, Stu sits down one on one with the Deputy Editor of the AEIdeas blog, Henrik Temp. Henrik blogged the last 100 days leading up to the 2012 presidential election. He brings good insight into just how insane … read more >

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Economics

Negotiation and the gender pay gap

Sita Slavov | November 9, 2012, 2:50 pm

We’ve all heard the statistic that women get paid only 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. Those who cite this figure typically use it as evidence that employers discriminate against women – why else would women get paid … read more >

Pethokoukis

These are the Obama tax hikes that will really hurt

James Pethokoukis | November 9, 2012, 2:15 pm

While President Obama and Speaker Boehner have been talking about what to do about tax rates on labor income, little has been said about the rise in dividend and capital gains tax rates — and how they intersect with the … read more >

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, seen here speaking on education at the World Affairs Council on September 21st, 2012, has partnered with Democrats like Michelle Rhee to advocate education reform. Image Credit: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia (Flickr) (CC BY 2.0)

Society and Culture, Education

Unexpected education partnerships emerge in 2012 election

Allison Kimmel | November 9, 2012, 1:53 pm

Education tends to produce some strange bedfellows. From right-leaning accountability hawks pairing with civil rights groups on the left to advocate for No Child Left Behind, to prominent Democrat Michelle Rhee and Republican Jeb Bush campaigning for the controversial Parent … read more >

Pethokoukis

Rise of the machines: Does automation explain recent jobless recoveries?

James Pethokoukis | November 9, 2012, 12:47 pm

The past three economic recoveries have been “jobless” ones. Job growth has lagged far behind GDP growth. In “Jobless recoveries and the disappearance of routine occupations,” economists Henry Siu and Nir Jaimovich point out that since the end of the Great Recession … read more >

Pethokoukis

Henry Olsen on what conservatives should do next

James Pethokoukis | November 9, 2012, 11:26 am

The Obama campaign often campaigned against Mitt Romney as if he were some caricature libertarian. The most egregious example was the attack on the Romney-Ryan premium support plan as a voucher plan that would have eliminated Medicare rather than modernizing … read more >