John Cochrane writes in his blog, The Grumpy Economist, Debate with Goolsbee, 11/1/12. Excerpts: And, by what economics is the central key to escaping sclerotic growth that we should sharply raise marginal tax rates on investment and business formation? When, ever, has
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The Editors of the National Review write Sandy and Climate Change, 11/3:/12. Excerpt: There were a great many institutional failures that made Sandy worse than it had to be. In retrospect, Mayor Bloomberg should perhaps have been worried more about
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Mark Steyn writes in The National Review Online, A Tale of Two Crisis, 11/2/12. Excerpts: He appeared in New Jersey wearing a bomber jacket rather than a suit to demonstrate that when the going gets tough the tough get out
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Interesting data on where the Jews in the world are. World Jewish Population The worldwide Jewish population is 13.3 million Jews. Jewish population growth worldwide is close to zero percent. From 2000 to 2001 it rose 0.3%, compared to worldwide
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David Malpass writes in The Wall Street Journal, Economic Signals Point to a 2013 Recession, 09/28/12 Excerpt: Data released this week by the Commerce Department waved bright red recession flags—orders for durable goods fell 13.2% in August and inflation-adjusted personal
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Walter Russel mead writes in The American Interest, Beyond Blue 5: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, 2/20/12: Excerpts: Currently, the American legal and regulatory system is set up to bind as many people to employers as possible. The government wants you to
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