30 | January | 2013

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Why the ACA’s Medicaid expansion isn’t a good deal for the poor

Henrik Temp | January 30, 2013, 4:17 pm

Medicaid is the federal health program aimed at helping those with low incomes get health care. It’s an important program, but one that is becoming increasingly costly and difficult to sustain, with expenditures rising from about $75 billion in 1990 … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

No, the negative fourth-quarter GDP report doesn’t prove ‘austerity’ is killing the US economy

James Pethokoukis | January 30, 2013, 3:36 pm

US economic output fell at a 0.1% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, adjusted for inflation. Blame spending cuts, say the Democrats. Blame Republican “austerity.” And one more thing: Stop the sequester. As the Center for American Progress put it: … read more >

Carpe Diem

College class of 2011 by academic discipline and gender; the selective concern about gender imbalances is…. imbalanced

Mark J. Perry | January 30, 2013, 2:27 pm

Academic Discipline Male Degrees Female Degrees Percent Female Female-Dominated Disciplines Family and consumer sciences 2,762 19,682 87.7% Library science 13 83 86.5% Health professions 21,536 121,894 85.0% Public administration 4,908 21,866 81.7% Education 21,195 82,797 79.6% Psychology 23,229 77,664 77.0% … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Defense

The Senate and Chuck Hagel

Danielle Pletka | January 30, 2013, 1:50 pm

Much has been revealed about Barack Obama’s nominee to be defense secretary in recent weeks. A quick rundown: He thinks Palestinians are kept “caged like animals” by Israel He is not “an Israeli Senator” He is backed by a nexus … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Latin America

Argentina whitewashes Iranian terrorism: ‘What does it matter?’

Roger Noriega | January 30, 2013, 1:31 pm

It is bad enough that the US national security establishment is ignoring the Iran/Hezbollah threat in the Americas. Now, Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner has made matters worse by agreeing to help Iran whitewash its terrorist legacy. This week, her regime … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Defense

Sequestration’s first casualty: The US economy

Tim Welter | January 30, 2013, 1:16 pm

It is happening. The impact on the economy by “soft sequestration” is here. How this could be characterized by anyone as a surprise or unexpected is a little bit beyond belief. The term “soft sequestration” is often used by my … read more >

Carpe Diem

Today’s labor market reports

Mark J. Perry | January 30, 2013, 11:28 am

1. The Conference Board reported this morning that online advertised vacancies rose in January by 106,900 to 5,044,700. The January increase in online labor demand followed a gain of 217,900 in December, and brings online advertised vacancies to the highest … read more >

Carpe Diem

Does Canada have an unsustainable housing bubble and is it headed for a major 30% price correction like the US?

Mark J. Perry | January 30, 2013, 10:07 am

Does Canada have an unsustainable housing bubble that might be about to burst? You would sure think so looking at the graph above, which compares monthly home prices in the US (measured by the Case-Shiller Composite-20 Index through November 2012) … read more >